Nicholas Church - one of the attractions of the city of Nikolaev, which is located on Dimitrov street, 4.

Long ago in Nikolaev acted wooden Greek Orthodox Church, built on the resources and offerings of the Greek community. By the end of the eighteenth century, the Church is quite outdated and no longer satisfy the believers. In 1808, at the initiative of the priest Konstantin Marabouts and with the blessing of Archbishop of Kherson, Taurida and Ekaterinoslav Plato was initiated Fund-raising for the construction of a new Greek St. Nicholas Church.

Stone Greek St. Nicholas Church (now St. Nicholas Cathedral) due to lack of funds, was under construction for a long period of time - from 1803 to 1817, the Builder of the Church was Archpriest Carp Pavlovsky, a special concern about the construction of the temple was also marked Archimandrite Zacharias Petropulu.

The Church was created by a typical architectural project, which was approved by the Holy Synod. Despite its small size and relative simplicity of the external decoration, the St. Nicholas Cathedral played a significant role in city life. When the Cathedral was opened a parochial school. In 30-e G. the XX century the Greek Church was closed and used for storage. During the war in 1941, it resumed worship, which continues to this day.

After creating the ascension and Nikolaev diocese, when the city of Nikolaev became the diocesan centre, St Nicholas Church was given the status of Cathedral. After which the Cathedral was renovated and the bell set bell. In the southern part of St. Nicholas Church was built a side altar in honor of the Holy virgin. Near the North door from the outside area for the ceremony of the consecration of the water.

Today Nicholas Cathedral in the city of Nikolaev is an architectural monument of national importance.