St George's Orthodox Church (Leicester)

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St George's was the first Anglican Church to be founded in Leicester since the Reformation. It was built under the Church Building Act of 1818, which was set up to mark the victory at Waterloo to provide churches in places where they were most needed.
With the ever-rising population many towns had expanded so much that new parishes had to be formed and such was the case at Leicester where St George's took over a part of the ever-growing St Margaret's parish. The church, which was designed by William Parsons, opened for worship in 1827. Over the years the church has suffered greatly from the elements. In 1835 a violent storm smashed a fine stained glass window and in August 1846 the spire was demolished by lightning. In 1911 it was severely damaged by fire in 1911 and had to be rebuilt with the exception of the spire. The church closed for Anglican worship in the early 1970s and was formally transferred to the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1983.