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
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 ...
, 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
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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
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