Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos on Mikhalitsa

The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos on Mikhalitsa () is a Russian Orthodox church in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, built in 1379 in place of a wooden church. It is located on the Церковь Рождества Богородицы Михайлицкого монастыря на Молотковской улице, 1379 г., нач. XIIв

History The Novgorod First Chronicle mentions the construction of the church on Mikhalitsa in 1199 by Rostislava Mstislavna, the second wife of Yaroslav II of Vladimir. The masonry church was erected in place of the burned wooden one. The origin of the placename "Mikhalitsa" is unsure.Novgorod First Chronicle, p. 44

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