Church of all saints, Orthodox temple in Kanavinsky district, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
The Church of All Saints is an Orthodox temple in Nizhny Novgorod built with red brick and white decorative elements on its exterior. The interior is divided into separate prayer spaces, each designed according to traditional Orthodox architectural principles.
The first cemetery church in Nizhny Novgorod was built in 1781–1785 to a design by Yakov Ananyin, after a 1771 Senate decree moved burials outside the city. Its main altar was consecrated to Peter and Paul in 1785. Closed in the 1930s, it housed a cinema, flats and a billiard room before being returned to the church in 1990.
The church is also called Allerheiligenkerk (All Saints) in popular speech, although its main altar is dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul. The name changed because a Peter and Paul church elsewhere in the city was being demolished at the same time. The cemetery closed in 1937 and became Kulibin Park in 1940.
The temple is located on Gorky Street and welcomes visitors, especially during religious holidays and regular weekly services. It is helpful to check visiting times in advance since schedules may vary depending on the season and specific religious observances.
The bell tower was demolished in the Soviet period; the two-tiered tower with a dome-like roof now standing over the west entrance was built in 2014. The church is the only surviving monument of Russian Baroque of the second half of the 18th century in Nizhny Novgorod.
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