Lipno Church

Saint Nicholas Church on Lipno Island (церковь Николы на Липне) is a late 13th-century Russian Orthodox church sitting on a small island in the delta of the Msta River, 9 km south of Novgorod.

A huge icon of this saint (184 cm in height) was painted for the church by Aleksa Petrov in 1294.

Despite its remote location, the building sustained heavy damage during the World War II, so that about 35% of medieval masonry had to be replaced.

On 6 January 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a Christmas Eve service at the church.

[1][2] It is part of the Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings, a World Heritage Site inscribed in 1992.