The new memorial to St. Nikolas was opened in the Novosibirsk region. The statue was sanctified by Berdskiy Novosibirsky Archbishop Tikhon.

The initiative of building monuments to St. Nikolas and other Saints belongs to the charitable fund of St. Nikolas which has already built  memorials all around Russia. This program’s name is “From Kaliningrad to Chukotka”. All these memorials are built for protection Russia from inner and incoming threats. St. Nikolas memorials are also built in such saint cities as Omsk, Moskow, Maykop, Anadyr and others.