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Church of St Hermogenes, Tashkent

A small working Orthodox parish church tucked into a mahalla in north-east Tashkent, consecrated in 1956.

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About the place

This parish grew out of the village of Nikolskoye, founded by settlers from Russia, whose church of 1890 was destroyed in the 1930s. In 1954 a priest, Sergiy Nikitin, bought land and a house that became a house church, and Archbishop Hermogenes consecrated it on 29 December 1956.

The church sits deep inside a residential quarter on Oyshakhonim Street in the Mirzo Ulugbek district, squeezed between narrow lanes, with one of the oldest Orthodox cemeteries of the area nearby. It is an active parish, so visit outside services and dress modestly.

Why go

  • A quiet parish church hidden in a mahalla
  • Roots in a 19th-century settlers' village
  • Consecrated in 1956

Sources (3)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.ru.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.uz.wikipedia.org

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