Lizhma, Karelia Russia
[Russian Orthodox]
The church was built in the middle of the 1800s, from 1855-1860, replacing the church that burned in 1838.. Constructed of logs with white plank siding, it had both a large dome and a bell tower. It had three altars: the Life-Giving Trinity, the Assumption of the Mother of God, and St. Nicholas Archbishop of Myra Wonderworker. The summer church on the shore was at the entrance to the Lizhemskky Bay. During the Soviet era, it was used as a warehouse, with large doors cut into the walls and an outbuilding attached to the apse. The church had a strong stone foundation that was unusual for wooden churches of that time. The White Iris Foundation is working to restore the church.
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