Rozdestvenskaa cerkov, Voronezh

The Church of the Nativity is a partially destroyed and reconstructed Orthodox church in the city of Voronezh. It is located in the former sloboda Pridacha. It is the oldest surviving building on the left bank of Voronezh and one of the oldest churches on the left bank.

The church was closed in the 1930s and began to be used for industrial purposes. During re-equipment drum with dome, volumes of side churches, upper tiers of bell tower and vaults of refectory were destroyed, the upper floor was equipped. By the beginning of the XXI century brick rectangular volumes of the church, refectory and bell tower with a gable roof were left of the church. In early November 2015, the private owner of the church building, Vibor Construction Company, began its demolition. By that time, the old church was not included by the Voronezh authorities in the list of historical and cultural heritage sites of the Voronezh region. As a result, the apsidal part of the temple that contained the altar was partially demolished. Due to the publicity given to this fact in the media, the destruction of the church was halted; the Church of the Nativity and the area of 2.8 thousand square meters under it were given to the Voronezh diocese on a free-of-charge basis. In February 2016, the church held its first service since 1930.

Currently, the church is located in the center of the old part of the former sloboda Pridacha, on Dimitrova Street, at an angle to the red line of the street. Originally located at the intersection of Bolshaya Road and Kuznechnaya Street. Images of the temple, except for some fragments, before it was adapted for household needs for a long time was not found, in 2017, local historians of the city found an old photo of the temple.