Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Mariupol)

The Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Ukrainian: церква Св. Костянтина і Єлени (Маріуполь)) was an Orthodox church in Mariupol, Ukraine.

Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Mariupol)
церква Св. Костянтина і Єлени
47°05′46″N 37°32′55″E
CountryUkraine
Language(s)Ukrainian, Russian
DenominationUkrainian Orthodox
History
StatusDemolished
Consecrated1910
Architecture
Demolished1934

History

It was an Orthodox church in honor of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great and his mother Helena. The architect Victor Nilsen designed and built this church between 1903 and 1911[1] · [2] The building stood until it was demolished in 1934 during the Soviet era by the Bolshevik government as part of the Atheist Five-Year Plan.[3][4]

References
  1. 5 безповоротно загублених храмів Маріуполя. mistomariupol.com.ua.
  2. Эдуард ВОРОБЬЕВ: Храм – от рождения до распятия. Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine old-mariupol.com.ua.
  3. Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольские храмы вчера и сегодня (english: churches of mariupol, yesterday and today), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991
  4. Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольская старина (english: history of mariupol), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991
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