The Church of St Nicholas-on-the-Lipna
From Peryn, on a clear day, one can see, on the
opposite bank of the Volkhov, the silhouette of the church of the
former Monastery of St Nicholas-on-the-Lipna (on the swamp),
dating from 1292. This was the first Novgorodian structure to be
raised after the liberation of Russia from the Mongol-Tartar
yoke. Its forms are very similar to those of the Nativity of Our
Lady in Peryn. The principal icon of the church was St
Nicholas-on-the-Lipna. Destroyed during the World War II, the
building was restored in 1960.