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Epiphany Church in Bergen, Norway

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The Epiphany Church is an Orthodox temple of the Epiphany parish in the Norwegian deanery of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is located in the Søreide area of the municipality of Bergen in Norway.

The church building was erected in 1937 and was acquired in 1948 by the Association of the Inner Mission of the Church of Norway. In 1996, it became known due to an unusual event when two infants were baptized in the mission premises on March 16, which occurred in violation of the organization's statutory norms. In 2017, the preserved interiors of the former Norwegian 'house of prayer' were captured in a book by photographer Erlend Berge titled 'Sjå, eg kjem snart!', dedicated to the disappearing cultural traditions of Norwegian Christian buildings.

In the summer of 2016, when most members of the ImF moved to other regions of Norway, the mission building was put up for sale for 3.5 million Norwegian kroner. Among the potential buyers was the Muslim community of Bergen. In June 2016, the building was purchased by the Epiphany parish of the Moscow Patriarchate for 4.5 million Norwegian kroner.

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Богоявленская церковь в Бергене (Норвегия)

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