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N20, Parnavaz Mepe str., Batumi
Brief description of the site
St. Nicholas Church was built by the local Greeks in 1865-1871, when Batumi was still under the subordination of the Ottoman Empire. The church was closed in the 1930ies and reopened in 1948 by the solicitation of Catholicos-Patriarch Callistratus. The building had Russian, classicistic style signs, then the building got its current appearance in 2009 as a result of the reconstruction, during which red and white horizontal stripes were made from brick and daub, which granted the building a Byzantine church style. The church is situated on a crossroad, in a densely populated area and is enclosed with a fence. The church is a Cruciform domed building and the dome is leaned on four columns. The church has three apses to the east. The narthex is arranged on the west side of the church, and there is a second-floor gallery above it. The bell tower is in this section as well. A stone tile with a relief image of St. Nikoloz, Greek inscription and dates of commencement and completion of the church construction is inserted in the left part of the south entrance of the church. The gravestones with Greek-Russian inscriptions are inserted in the church facades (2 marble tiles – on the northern wall of the church, 1 – on the south wall).
Regardless of the reconstruction, the church is historically significant and is one of the valuable examples of the earliest church in Batumi.
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