Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas

Church of the Transfer of the Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Vilnius or St. Nicholas Church is one of the oldest Eastern Orthodox churches in , , and belongs to the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: church building in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Vilnius”, “St. Nicholas Orthodox Church”, “St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Vilnius”, and “Šv. Mikolajaus cerkvė”
  • Address: Didžioji g. 12, Vilnius, 01128
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vilnius Picture Gallery and Lithuanian art museum.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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Lithuanian National Museum of Art is the largest national museum in Lithuania collecting, restoring, and conserving art as well as historical objects of cultural value while presenting artefacts of national importance in an astonishing number of exhibition spaces located in the coastal cities and the capital. is situated 130 metres northeast of Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas.

Manor estate
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The is a building in Old Town of Vilnius at 4 Didžioji St. Currently it is owned by the Lithuanian Art Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vilnius Old Town and Užupis.

Suburb
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The Old Town of Vilnius, one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, as inscribed within UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in , the capital of , largely located in , a UNESCO World Heritage Site. means "beyond the river" or "the other side of the river" in the Lithuanian language and refers to the Vilnia River; the name Vilnius was derived from the Vilnia.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas

Latitude
54.67991° or 54° 40′ 48″ north
Longitude
25.2887° or 25° 17′ 19″ east
Inception
1514
Open location code
9G67M7HQ+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q1982066
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Свята-Мікалаеўская царква”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Мікалая”
  • Belarusian: “Царква сьвятога Мікалая (Вільня)”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Сьвятога Мікалая”
  • Chinese: “聖尼古拉東正教堂”
  • French: “église orthodoxe Saint-Nicolas de Vilnius”
  • French: “Église orthodoxe Saint-Nicolas de Vilnius”
  • French: “Église orthodoxe Saint-Nicolas”
  • German: “Kirche der Überführung der Reliquien des Heiligen Nikolaus des Wundertäters”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus šv. Mikalojaus Stebukladario palaikų Pernešimo cerkvė”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Šv. Mikolajaus Stebukladario palaikų Pernešimo cerkvė”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Šv. Nikolajaus cerkvė”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Šv. Nikolajaus Stebukladario palaikų Pernešimo cerkvė”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Nikolska w Wilnie”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew św. Mikołaja w Wilnie”
  • Russian: “Никольская церковь”
  • Russian: “Храм в честь Перенесения мощей святителя Николая Чудотворца”
  • Russian: “Церковь Николы Чудотворца в Вильнюсе”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia ortodoxa de San Nicolás (Vilna)”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia ortodoxa de San Nicolás”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм на честь Перенесення мощів святителя Миколи Чудотворця”

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