--- title: "Stabkirche mit Sakralkunst" url: "https://www.niedersachsen-tourism.com/poi/stabkirche-mit-sakralkunst" description: "The stave church in traditional Russian timber construction style is located in front of the Mill Museum Gifhorn. Inside the 27-metre-high church is a museum with replicas of valuable icon paintings.Saint Nicholas is one of the most revered saints in Russia and is regarded as a miracle worker and patron saint by sailors, tailors and weavers. The high tower of the wooden church is open to the top. This gives the impression of being in a cathedral rather than a small village church. The stepped church has partially gilded domes and consists of mighty beams up to twelve meters long. Over 400 cubic meters of the best larch wood have been used.In the basement of the church, there is an exhibition of showpieces from the Moscow Patriarchate's manufactory: Icons, oil lamps and candlesticks, vestments and embroidery, cups, baptismal vessels, Bibles and other liturgical items for church services and church holidays. Numerous valuable icon paintings - in the Orthodox Church it is the painted word of the Holy Scriptures - adorn the walls of the church. The charm of the church is characterized above all by the artwork of Sister Krstana. As an art historian, she worked for years in the Mill Museum and painted icons. Between May and September, she paints live in the church. As part of a guided tour (registration required), you can learn interesting and exciting facts about icon painting, sacred art and Russian Orthodoxy. Basilica in the traditional Russian wooden building styleReplicas of valuable icon paintingsEight partly gilded domes27 meters high and open to the top insideFor questions about church and worship matters, please contact the priest Gennady Budko directly on tel. 0170 7317578." language: "en" type: "Place" image: "https://dam.destination.one/189983/1ab7e1c3728147a29cc4fccedc4649101a26929c8673e8de54c84c099554ce30/blick-auf-die-russisch-orthodoxe-holzkirche.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Home > Special > Destination.Data Details > Poi" --- Share Stabkirche mit Sakralkunst ========================== - Church - Antiques & art - Museum Blick auf die Russisch-Orthodoxe Holzkirche The stave church in traditional Russian timber construction style is located in front of the Gifhorn. Inside the 27-metre-high church is a museum with replicas of valuable icon paintings. Saint Nicholas is one of the most revered saints in Russia and is regarded as a miracle worker and patron saint by sailors, tailors and weavers. The high tower of the wooden church is open to the top. This gives the impression of being in a cathedral rather than a small village church. The stepped church has partially gilded domes and consists of mighty beams up to twelve meters long. Over 400 cubic meters of the best larch wood have been used. In the basement of the church, there is an exhibition of showpieces from the Moscow Patriarchate's manufactory: Icons, oil lamps and candlesticks, vestments and embroidery, cups, baptismal vessels, Bibles and other liturgical items for church services and church holidays. Numerous valuable icon paintings - in the Orthodox Church it is the painted word of the Holy Scriptures - adorn the walls of the church.  The charm of the church is characterized above all by the artwork of Sister Krstana. As an art historian, she worked for years in the Mill Museum and painted icons. Between May and September, she paints live in the church. As part of a guided tour (registration required), you can learn interesting and exciting facts about icon painting, sacred art and Russian Orthodoxy. - Basilica in the traditional Russian wooden building style - Replicas of valuable icon paintings - Eight partly gilded domes - 27 meters high and open to the top inside For questions about **church and worship matters**, please contact the priest Gennady Budko directly on tel. 0170 7317578. Read more Russisch-Orthodoxe Holzkirche Goldene Kuppeln Ikonenmalerei in der Holzkirche Liturgische Gefäße in der Russisch-Orthodoxen Holzkirche Ausstellung in der Holzkirche Good to know ------------ Openings Also open on public holidays and bridging days. Read more Price info Price adult: €2.00 Price child: €1.00 Adults: 2,00 € Children: 1,00 € Read more Payment methods Cash payment on site More information Bei Fragen zu kirchlichen und gottesdienstlichen Belangen wenden Sie sich bitte direkt an den Priester Gennady Budko unter Tel. 0170 7317578. Read more License (master data) Südheide Gifhorn GmbH Nearby ------ View on map - Event - Christmas market - Christmas market - Operetta - Place of interest - Windmill - Castle - Cathedral - Tours 131.60 km - E-bike Contact Bromer Straße 2 38518 Gifhorn