St. Nikolai on the water
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 53 ″ N , 30 ° 31 ′ 34 ″ E
The Nikolaikirche on the Dneprufer from Podil.
In the background the arch of friendship between nations
In the background the arch of friendship between nations
The Church of Nikolai the Miraculous (on the water), ( Ukrainian Церква Миколи Чудотворця (на воді) Tserkva Mykoly Chudotworzja (na vodi) ) is the only church building in Europe that stands in the middle of the water, an architectural monument and a sight in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .
The 23-meter-high Chapel of the Cross, built between December 19, 2003 and July 7, 2004 in the Ukrainian neo-baroque style, belongs to the Kiev Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate .
The chapel is located on a concrete foundation in the middle of the Dnieper on the Podil pier near Postplatz .
Web links
Commons : St. Nikolai on the Water - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Official Website (Russian)
- Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker on the Water (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Church of St. Nicholas "on the water" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 3, 2014 (Russian).
- ^ Günter Schäfer: Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr. 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , p. 99.
- ↑ Church on the Water , accessed March 3, 2014 (Ukrainian).
