Lebyazhye, Leningrad Oblast Russia
Russian Orthodox
The stone church was built in 1911-12. Both the wooden(1903) and stone churches are consecrated to St. Nicholas and belonged to the Josephism movement. The priest, dean of both churches from 1924, was arrested in 1931. Both churches were then closed. The stone church used for a community center and the wooden one for army barracks. Both were returned to believers in May 1993. Worship in the wooden church resumed on St. Nicholas Feast Day in 1993. The church community, with the children's boarding school, opened a camp for orphans, "Chaika," with classrooms, handicraft workshops and farmland.