The Church of the Holy Wisdom of God or Saint Sophia Church (russian: Церковь Софии Премудрости Божией) ― was a Russian Orthodox church in

Nakhchivan-on-Don __NOTOC__ Nakhichevan-on-Don (russian: Нахичевань-на-Дону, ''Naxičevan’-na-Donu''), also known as New Nakhichevan ( hy, Նոր Նախիջևան, ''Nor Naxiĵevan''; as opposed to the "old" Nakhichevan), was an Armenian-populate ...

(which currently form a part of

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

city)

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...

, Russia.

History

Nakhichevan-on-Don was originally formed by Armenian settlers, but since the town was close to

, where the Russian population was predominant, Nakhichevan could not remain a mononational Armenian city for a long time. St. Sophia Church was built in 1863 in Pervomayskaya Street. In 1904, instead of the wooden Sofia Church, the construction of a stone church designed by architect V. V. Popov began and was completed in 1912. This church did not last for a quarter of a century. In 1934 it was closed and dismantled for building materials. At first, all the side domes and walls were removed, although the central dome had rested for some more time on four columns. In the end, these columns were also blown up. Next to the place of the former St. Sophia Church, the building of School No. 11 was constructed. In the last years of the church's existence, the future Georgian

Metropolitan Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...

Zinovy (Mazhuga) served there.

References

Churches in Rostov Oblast Churches completed in 1912 Buildings and structures demolished in 1934 Demolished churches in the Soviet Union Russian Orthodox church buildings in Russia Anti-Christian sentiment in Russia {{Russia-EO-church-stub