Churches with Amazing History

The Saint Trinity Cathedral is one of the most beautiful and most prayerful  churches of the region. Its constructing finished in far 1860-s. Despite the church is situated on the Trinity cemetry, it’s life is not limited by memorial services only. It is amazing, but after 1936, when all the cult facilities of Krasnoyarsk had been closed or reclassified into secular organizations, this is the Saint Trinity Church that was the only one used by appointment. In 1937 the bishops of the cathedral were shot and during two years the parishioners’ prayers were behind closed doors, in secret. In 1939 the building was given to the accessories workshop of the leather goods factory of the regional wood industry, but in 1945 it got the status of a church again.

Address: Igarskaya st, 6.

The Holy Assumption Monastery opened on the 15^th of May in 1879. The monastery had big household, the monks worked on the spacious arable lands, bred cattle. There were its own coach makers, barns, cellars, bakery and a room for mallows. There was a shelter for children and an icon painting workshop. But in 1918 the monastery was closed. In the Soviet years the was a school-commune and a camp for street children, and a pioneer camp. The territory was given back to the church only in 2000 and after that restoration works and large-scale improvement started. Now, years later, this incredibly beautiful place attracts not only believers, but ordinary tourists as well.

Address: Lesnaya st, 55a.

The Episcopal House and Ioanna Predtechi Church were built by the end of the 19^th century. But after 1917 the building was first turned into a registry office, then – to children’s home #1 and orphanage,  late to a  therapeutic hospital of  the province health care sysytem, since 1924 the building was used as a tuberculosis dispensary, and in 1930-s – a city  policlinics № 2. After the war at different times there was a hospital, a trauma centre and an oncological centre here. In 1990-s the building was long empty and ruining. In the beginning of 2000-s its renovation started. Now the Episcopal House is the administrative centre of the Krasnoyarsk eparchy, and Ioanna Predtechi Church has become one of the most favourite places among local residents.

Address: Gorky st, 27.

Photo: Irina Torgashina, Vladimir Koretsky