Church of St. John the Divine, Nizza

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The first wooden church of St. John the Theologian in Nizah was built by the founder of the city of Sumy (and the village of Niza, too) by Colonel G. Kondratyev in 1678 in memory of his eldest son Ivan. Successful sugar maker N.

Sukhanov continued his good beginnings. He was the head of the Savior's Transfiguration Cathedral. His last dream in life was the erection of the brick St. John the Theological Churchin Nizami. Dying, In 1909, he bequeathed to finish the construction of his sons and nephew A. Surgutchev.

And already in June 1910 Archbishop of Kharkov Arseny arrived in Nizza to consecrate the new parish churchin the name of the Holy Apostle and the Evangelist John the Theologian. During the Soviet era, the building housed vegetables. Now the doors of the church are open to the congregation.

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