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Korma. Ruins of St. Nicholas Church.

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Church

Belarus, Gomel region, Korma urban settlement, Polevaya str., 2

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21.02.2025

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The Nikolaevskaya Church in Korma was built in 1831 from brick. It was closed in the 1920s, and was used for household needs until the 1960s. In 2001, St. Nicholas Church was included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of Belarus. Today, the ruins of the temple are the oldest architectural structure in Korma.

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Ruins

Ruins

Architectural monument

Architectural monument

Historical

Historical

Location

Latitude: 53.12695557
Longitude: 30.80398059

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Ольга Ерёменко

21.02.2025

The ruins of the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker are the oldest architectural structure in the city of Korma.

The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the urban village of Korma is an architectural monument of the 19th century, built in the classical style.


The construction of the stone Uniate church, which professed both Catholicism and Orthodoxy, began in 1831-32 thanks to the financing of the Bykovsky family of landowners. The main facade was decorated with four Doric columns, and the building had a rectangular volume with a semicircular apse, bell tower and dome. However, time and wars have not spared this temple.

The church is located on an elevation and has been preserved up to the level of the cornices.


In 1836, the church became fully Orthodox, but it was difficult to maintain its position. With the advent of Soviet power in the 1920s, the church was closed, the bell was removed, and the church building was used as a warehouse. In the 1930s, it housed a cultural center. In the late 1940s, a bakery was opened in the building, which burned down in the early 1960s. The building has not been restored.


Thanks to the requests and efforts of the parishioners, the church was revived in 1991. The airport ticket office was transferred to the use of the church. The church was consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and construction of a new stone church began.

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