Kazan cathedral

Kazan Cathedral is one of the most famous Orthodox churches of Havana. Built in the early twentieth century and associated with the first immigrants who came here from Russia. They needed a temple to become a place of prayer and celebration of Orthodox holidays. The real construction was planned in the 50s of the last century, even money began to collect for the temple of Helena and Constantine. Several attempts were made to begin construction, but in vain.

The temple owes its appearance to Fidel Castro, with whose support they began to build the shrine. Officially opened on November 14, 2004. It has been operating on a permanent basis since 2008.

The laying of the first stone was made by Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, and the decoration was delivered from Moscow. The author of the project was the Moscow architect Alexei Vorontsov, who tried to preserve the traditions of ancient Russian architecture as much as possible. Snow-white walls, five domes. Strict style. Here is the Icon with a particle of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov. It is located at the intersection of Santa Clara and San Pedro streets. You can get there by train. A taxi to the bus stop "Desamparados St." From Casablanca and Regla - by ferry, which docks almost at the temple.