The Saints Constantine and Helen Church ( uk, церква Св. Костянтина і Єлени (Маріуполь)) was an Orthodox church in
Mariupol
Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...
, Ukraine.
History
It was an Orthodox church in honor of the
Roman emperor Constantine the Great
Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to Constantine the Great and Christianity, convert to Christiani ...
and his mother
Helena
Helena may refer to:
People
*Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer
*Helena, mother of Constantine I
Places
Greece
* Helena (island)
Guyana
* ...
. The architect
Victor Nilsen
Victor Alexandrovich Nilsen (russian: Виктор Александрович Нильсен, born in 1871 in Saint Petersburg ; died in 1949 in Dushanbe) was an engineer, city architect of Mariupol from 1901 to 1917 and publicist and a deputy in ...
designed and built this church between 1903 and 1911
The building stood until it was demolished in 1934 during the
Soviet era by the
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
government as part of the
Atheist Five-Year Plan.
[Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): ''Мариупольская старина'' (english: history of mariupol), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991]
Gallery
Маріуполь, Слободка, церква Св. Костянтина і Єлени.jpg
Мариуполь, Слободка .jpg
References
External links
Old MariupolMisto Mariupolmrpl.city
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1930s disestablishments in Ukraine
Buildings and structures in Mariupol
History of Mariupol
Religion in Mariupol
Demolished churches in Ukraine
Buildings and structures demolished in 1934
Mariupol