# Église russe

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The Église russe stands in Menton as a record of the Russian community on the French Riviera. The church was completed in Menton during 1892. Danish architect Hans Georg Tersling designed its single nave beside the Maison Russe, linking worship with charitable work. Its blue onion dome carries an Orthodox cross. Russian and Western forms meet in the building, which is dedicated to Our Lady Joy of All Who Sorrow and Saint Nicholas. A marble iconostasis defines the church’s interior space. Icons include works associated with the Saint Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts and images of Christ the Savior and the Virgin Mary. The church structure reaches nine metres in height. Its history also includes the Maison Russe, an institution connected with Russian émigrés and care for young people with lung diseases. War damage led to the church’s restoration in 1958. The parish joined the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia after 1927 and remains connected with the Archbishop of Geneva. The Église russe preserves a Russian heritage in Menton.

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