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The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Novorossiysk is an Orthodox church belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, today it has the status of an active one. In common use, it still bears the names Trinity-Sorrowful Cathedral, Trinity Church, Holy Trinity Church.

The history of the construction and functioning of the church is rather complicated. The first wooden building of the temple was built in 1893 and consecrated in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”. Then, two parish schools were opened at the church, in which classes were conducted separately for pupils and female students.

After the expansion of the borders of Novorossiysk due to the inclusion of new districts (Methodievka, Tsemzavod, Standard) in the city limits in 1900, a small church could no longer accommodate all believers. Fundraising for the construction of a new stone church began, and 1,000 rubles were added from the royal treasury. Thus, already in December 1906, the new church was solemnly consecrated. It was built from local light gray limestone, which from a distance, and especially from the sea, seemed white. The bell tower cross rose almost 30 meters above the dome, perfectly visible from all parts of the city and from the sea, becoming a reliable navigational sign for sailors.

The constructed temple had the Trinity (main) throne and the Sorrows side-altar, hence the name - Trinity-Sorrowful Church. In many documents, the parish was called a cathedral, which means that several priests were serving in it. The cathedral was visited by workers of the seaport, oil refineries and cement enterprises, customs and railway officials.

In February 1938, services in the cathedral were terminated by the authorities, and in March religious items were removed from the church. In 1942, Novorossiysk was occupied by fascist troops and services in the church were resumed. True, after a while the Germans realized that the meetings of local residents in the church were used by the underground for agitation, and the residents prayed for the victory of the Russian troops over the invaders, and after Easter 1942 they issued a decree banning religious meetings under the pretext of protecting the population from artillery shelling. p>

After the liberation of Novorossiysk from the beginning of 1945, the church building served as a warehouse for a military unit.In 1947, the community asked for the restoration of the temple, but referring to the dilapidation of the building, the city executive committee in 1951 decided to dismantle the church. Thus, by decision of the regional executive committee in 1957, the Trinity-Sorrowful Church was blown up. The first cinema "Russia" in Novorossiysk was built on the foundations of the church in 1963.

And only in 1996, at the numerous requests of believers, the building of the cinema was allowed to be used for church services. And in 1997, the first divine service was held in the building of the cinema and the throne was consecrated in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity. Since the beginning of 2008, the building and the adjacent territory belong to the parish of the Holy Trinity Church.

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