Nikolo-Innokentyevskaya Church, Irkutsk, Regional cultural heritage church in Irkutsk, Russia.
Nikolo-Innokentyevskaya Church is a classicist Orthodox church on the left bank of the Angara in Irkutsk, at ulitsa Profsoyuznaya. It is dedicated to St Nicholas the Wonderworker and St Innocent, the first bishop of Irkutsk, and is also called Glazkovskaya Church after the Glazkovo suburb it served.
Residents of Glazkovo petitioned Bishop Eusebius on 14 November 1857 for a church and cemetery, as autumn and spring conditions kept them from the Trinity Church. Merchant Yakov Malkov, Trinity's warden, bought land in Glazkovo's centre; the church was laid on 27 April 1858, completed on 18 September 1859 and consecrated on 20 September 1859. Bells were removed on 10 September 1933 and the church closed on 29 March 1934; it was returned to the Irkutsk eparchy in the 1990s and restoration finished in 2003.
The church remains a living place of worship where local believers gather for services and religious celebrations throughout the year. Visitors can observe the spiritual rhythm of the community when bells ring and ceremonies take place.
The church stands on ulitsa Profsoyuznaya on the left bank of the Angara, in the Glazkovo area. It was closed on 29 March 1934 and returned to the Irkutsk eparchy in the 1990s, with restoration finished in 2003. It is an active Orthodox place of worship, so dress modestly and keep quiet during services.
The church stands on ulitsa Profsoyuznaya, not on ulitsa Borcov Revolyutsii. Its bells were removed on 10 September 1933 and taken to a scrap metal depot; the church was closed on 29 March 1934 and returned to the Irkutsk eparchy in the 1990s, with restoration completed in 2003.
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