The Church of the Nativity of Mary was an 18th century church located in the city of Mariupol in Ukraine.
| Church of the Nativity of the Virgin | |
|---|---|
| Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Mariupol | |
.jpg) Church of the Nativity of the Virgin | |
.svg)  Church of the Nativity of the Virgin | |
| 47°06′34″N 37°33′43.8″E / 47.10944°N 37.562167°E | |
| Location | Mariupol |
| Country | Ukraine |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1780 |
| Dedication | Nativity of Mary |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | destroyed (1936) |
| Completed | 1780 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick |
History
editBetween 1770 and 1780, a stone building was built in its place, and consecrated in 1780. The painter Arkhip Kuindzhi was baptized in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin and married there in 1875 with Vera Leontyevna Kechedzhi-Shapovalova, the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Mariupol.
In Soviet times, the church was destroyed in 1936 by the Bolshevik government as part of the Atheist Five-Year Plan.[1][2][3][4] The baptismal font of the destroyed church can be found today in the Kuindzhi Art Museum.
References
edit- ^ "Шукач | Намоленное место Мариуполя. Церковь Рождества Богородицы на Карасевке (разрушена)" [Prayer place in Mariupol. Church of the Nativity of the Virgin on Karasevka (destroyed)]. Shukach (in Russian). June 20, 2012. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ ЯНАТЬЕВ (Yanatiev), Дмитрий (Dmitry) (2010-11-09). "Церковь Рождества Богородицы" [Church of the Nativity of the Virgin]. Old Mariupol (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 29, 2022.
- ^ Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольские храмы вчера и сегодня (churches of Mariupol), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991
- ^ Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольская старина (history of Mariupol), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991