Saint Nicholas Church on Water

Saint Nicholas Church on Water is a church in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Saint Nicholas Church on Water is situated nearby to the government office Головне слідче управління ГПУ, as well as near the post office Укрпошта.

Photo: Alex Arendar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Orthodox
Description: church building in Kyiv, Ukraine
Also known as: “Николаевская церковь на воде” and “Храм святого Николая на воде”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chornobyl Museum and Illinska Church.

Chornobyl Museum

Museum

Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.

The Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum was a history museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, dedicated to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and its consequences. The museum occupied an early 20th-century building which formerly housed a fire brigade and was donated in 1992 by the State Fire Protection Guard. Chornobyl Museum is situated 650 metres west of Saint Nicholas Church on Water.

Illinska Church

Church

Photo: Batsv, Public domain.

Illinska Church is situated 260 metres northwest of Saint Nicholas Church on Water.

Saint Andrew’s Church

Church

Photo: JøMa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Andrew's Church is a historic Orthodox church in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was built between 1747 and 1754 to a design by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Saint Andrew’s Church is situated 1 km southwest of Saint Nicholas Church on Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Podil and Kyiv Kremlin.

Podil

Suburb

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Podil or Podol, also known in English as the Lower City, is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace over the Dnieper between the Kyiv Hills and the lower stream of Pochaina River.