Church of St. John the Forerunner in Volgograd, Orthodox temple in Volgograd, Russia.

The Church of St. John the Forerunner is an Orthodox church in Volgograd, first built in wood on 2 July 1589 when the Tsaritsyn fortress was founded. The present brick church, consecrated in 2000, follows the 1704 type known as "octagon on a quadrangle". Its interior was to be painted after sketches by Andrei Vystropov, but the frescoes were never executed.

The first church of Tsaritsyn was a wooden Church of St. John the Forerunner, built from 2 July 1589 when Cossacks began the fortress. It burned ten years later and was rebuilt in 1615; in 1664 it became the town's first stone building. A new church of the "octagon on a quadrangle" type followed in 1704, and Peter I had a side chapel added in late 1722. Closed on 27 February 1932 and blown up on 3 April, it was rebuilt from a foundation stone laid on 10 September 1995 and opened in 2000.

The church is the first church of Tsaritsyn, founded when Cossacks began building the Tsaritsyn fortress on 2 July 1589 with a wooden church dedicated to St. John the Forerunner. Under Catherine II it became a parish church. Its rector is Metropolitan German of Volgograd and Kamyshin, and the serving priest is Archpriest Oleg Kirichenko, who celebrated the first liturgy in the rebuilt church at Easter 2001.

The rebuilt church stands on the site of the 1932 explosion, where a restaurant was later built and a German bunker used the old foundation during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. The present building opened in 2000; the first liturgy was served at Easter 2001 by priest Oleg Kirichenko. The rector is Metropolitan German of Volgograd and Kamyshin.

The 1704 church was built in the "octagon on a quadrangle" form typical of its era. Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation Andrei Vystropov prepared sketches for the interior painting, but the frescoes were never executed. During the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 the Germans used the old church's foundation for one of their bunkers.