Shanghai’s Russian community meets in St Nicholas Church for Victory Day service

An interesting post on Shanghaiist about the St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church on Gaolan Road (formerly Rue Corneille in the old French Concession). Shanghailander Russians, it seems, got in there to have a service. The place has been through many incarnations – I remember the old Ashanti Dome restaurant well which was quite lovely (I don’t recall if the food was any good though). I posted back in 2009 about the “refurbishment” of the Church, built in 1934 – even in the Ashanti Dome days the nipples of the females painted in the frescoes on the ceilings had been covered by some purist Communist!! I thought it had been turned into a coffee shop for retired Communist Party cadres, but haven’t wandered down that streets for ages. The addition of a disco ball is rather disconcerting whether you consider the building a Commie retirees cafe or a Russian Orthodox Church really!! Anyway pics on Shanghaiist.