Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity description and photo - Russia - Ural: Yekaterinburg (Topic)

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The Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity in Yekaterinburg is a functioning Orthodox church and one of the city's iconic sights. The construction of the cathedral began in 1818, and ended in 1824. The construction was carried out with funds donated by the merchant Yakim Merkurevich Ryazanov, therefore local residents often call the temple after him - Ryazanovskaya church.

Initially, the temple was an Old Believer, however he was not sanctified. In 1839, the merchant Ryazanov adopted the same faith, as a result, the church was consecrated as one of the same faith. At that time, the Ryazanovskaya Church was considered the richest in Yekaterinburg; such relics as the icon of Nicholas the Wonderworker and the icon of the Kazan Mother of God in gilded frames were kept here.

The temple was built in the style of mature classicism. It was decorated with side porticos, five shining domes, a long refectory and a bell tower. In 1852, the main, Trinity See, was consecrated. In 1854, the completion of the bell tower was completed, as a result of which the building was significantly lengthened. The temple had a main five-tiered iconostasis and two-tiered side iconostases.

At the beginning of the first half of the 20th century, in the 1930s. The Holy Trinity Cathedral was closed, and the domes were simply destroyed. At different times the building of the temple was used as a cinema, a factory and the Avtomobilist House of Culture. In 1996 the temple was transferred to the Yekaterinburg Orthodox community. In 2000, the major reconstruction of the cathedral was completed: a new bell tower with a belfry was built and consecrated. The cathedral itself was also re-consecrated. In the same year, the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity received the status of a cathedral.

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