The Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker was founded during the construction of the Poltava Fortress, and was located on one of its bastions on Institute Hill.

At first it was wooden. In 1774, a new stone Saint Nicholas Church was built. By the middle of the 19th century, the small church could no longer accommodate all the parishioners, and in 1855, a two-story stone annex was built at the expense of the merchant Mykola Vakulenko, on the second floor of which the warm church of George the Victorious was located.

The main temple was destroyed during the Second World War (fragments of brick walls remained), and the annex was preserved - in Soviet times it was used as a production facility.

Currently, the Saint Nicholas Church is functioning. Belongs to the community of t ...

The Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker was founded during the construction of the Poltava Fortress, and was located on one of its bastions on Institute Hill.

At first it was wooden. In 1774, a new stone Saint Nicholas Church was built. By the middle of the 19th century, the small church could no longer accommodate all the parishioners, and in 1855, a two-story stone annex was built at the expense of the merchant Mykola Vakulenko, on the second floor of which the warm church of George the Victorious was located.

The main temple was destroyed during the Second World War (fragments of brick walls remained), and the annex was preserved - in Soviet times it was used as a production facility.

Currently, the Saint Nicholas Church is functioning. Belongs to the community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

On the night of October 3, 2025, as a result of a nighttime Russian missile attack, the Saint Nicholas Church of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine suffered significant damage - the blast wave broke out half of the windows and damaged the refectory.

Храм Миколая Чудотворця було засновано під час будівництва Полтавської фортеці, розташовувався на одному з її бастіонів на Інститутській горі.

Спочатку він був дерев'яним. У 1774 році було збудовано нову кам'яну Миколаївську церкву. До середини ХІХ століття невеликий храм уже не міг вмістити всіх парафіян, і в 1855 році коштом купця Миколи Вакуленка було зроблено двоповерхову кам'яну прибудову, на другому поверсі якої розташовувалася тепла церква Георгія Побідоносця.

Основний храм було зруйновано під час Другої світової війни (залишилися фрагменти цегляних стін), а прибудова збереглася - за радянських часів її використовували як виробниче приміщення.

Нині храм Свято-Миколаївський храм діє. Належить громаді Православної церкви України.

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