The Ministry of State Property Management of the Sverdlovsk Region donated to the Lipovsky Parish of the Russian Orthodox Church an old church of the Nativity of Christ.

According to the website of MUGISO, the building was built in the village of Lipovskoye by a project of the architect M, known in the Urals. Malakhov in the first half of the XIX century. A well-known builder tried to bring the Church of the Nativity of Christ closer to the best examples of the buildings of St. Petersburg, imparting it with the severity of lines of classicism. The Christmas Church had three altars: the main one - in the name of the Nativity of Christ, the side - in the name of the Prophet Elijah and in the name of Savvatea Solovetsky.

Currently, the church regularly holds a church service. Its external and internal appearance is at the stage of restoration. The building of the Church of the Nativity of Christ is an object of cultural heritage (a monument of history and culture) of the peoples of the Russian Federation.

PHOTO: MUGISO.