Church of the Nativity of Christ, Orthodox church in Irkutsk, Russia

The Church of the Nativity of Christ is an Orthodox church on Mira Street in the Leninsky district of Irkutsk, built in the traditions of old Russian architecture as found in Suzdal and Vladimir. Its iconostasis was made using CAD/CAM technology, and the church was consecrated on 8 October 1999.

The church was founded in 1998 on the site of the crash of an Airbus "Ruslan" cargo plane in Irkutsk, in memory of the 124 people who died and the 68 injured. It was consecrated on 8 October 1999. Its design follows traditional Russian church architecture of Suzdal and Vladimir, forms otherwise foreign to Siberia.

The church was built as a memorial to the 124 people who died and 68 injured when an Airbus crashed on landing in Irkutsk in 1998. Its name, Nativity of Christ, marks it as a memorial church, and the site itself is the crash location.

The church stands in the Leninsky district on Mira Street, not in the historic centre, so reach it by tram or bus along that avenue. It was raised on the site of the 1998 Ruslan air-crash landing, and the memorial character of the spot shapes the visit.

The church stands on the spot where an Airbus crashed on landing in 1998, killing 124 people and injuring 68; it was built as a memorial to the victims and consecrated on 8 October 1999. Its iconostasis was made using CAD/CAM technology, described in a 2006 article in the journal SAPR i Grafika.