In Nizhny Novgorod, the administration of Nizhny Novgorod Lobachevsky University plans to transfer part of one of the educational buildings to the free use of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was reported by the Telegram channel Bottom #1.
According to the source, the university will move to the diocese of house number 1 on 3 Yamskaya Street. The building that currently houses the Law School is in federal ownership.
It is stated that before the October Revolution, the house of the clergy of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ was located in the building. A Sunday school will be opened in the Church of the Resurrection, in the part of the building that will be transferred to episcopal use in the future.
Previously, ROC to sue To the mayor of Moscow demanding that the temples in Varvarka and Zaryadye be returned to him. Officially, these architectural monuments belong to Moscow, but since 1990 they are controlled by the Russian Orthodox Church, and services are held inside the building.