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St. Nicholas (John the Baptist) Church is a temple of the Perm and Kungur diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in Kungur in the Perm region. St. John the Baptist Monastery is a convent of the Perm diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Kungur. Formed in 1825. Closed in 1921. Revived in 2004. The temple was first mentioned in the 18th century, when in 1773 construction of a new stone church began on the site of the cemetery chapel - a cold temple in honor of John the Baptist, consecrated on May 29 (June 9), 1787, and a warm chapel in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, consecrated 2 ( 13) December 1792. The built church was small - 9.5 fathoms long and 3.5 fathoms wide, and most of the area was occupied by a cold temple. In 1873, the Perm Construction Department developed a project to rebuild the temple. According to the plan, the main Precursor chapel of the temple was supposed to become warm, connected by an arch to the St. Nicholas chapel, in addition, it was planned to build another chapel on the south side, also connected by an arch to the main chapel. Funds and materials for these works were mainly provided by the famous Kungur philanthropist Alexey Semyonovich Gubkin. Work began in the same 1873 under the leadership of the architect N.A. Voznesensky: first, 4 new domes were installed on the main church, in 1874 a new Nikolsky chapel was built, in 1876 the old low bell tower was demolished and they began to build a tall new one, to In 1878, the internal reconstruction of the Church of the Baptist was completed. On November 5 (17), 1878, the St. Nicholas chapel and the entire temple were consecrated. After the October Revolution of 1917, the life of the temple gradually died out, and on January 9, 1931 it was closed. Its premises were used for forging and pressing and welding areas, and for many years belonged to the nearby colony. At the same time, the interior interiors were completely redone, and the artistic painting was lost. St. Nicholas Church has architectural forms of a “patterned” stylistic direction, characteristic of Russian architecture of the mid-17th century. On August 1, 1990, the temple building was returned to the believers, and in subsequent years it was gradually renovated. In 1996, Patriarch Alexy II visited the temple, in the same year 7 new bells were cast for the temple, and on September 17, 1997, a tent was installed on the bell tower. The temple is active. Its building is a cultural heritage site of regional significance.
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