Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
Russia, Trans-Baikal Territory, Chita, Butina St., 6.
Description:
The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is a new church consecrated in the name of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God with chapels in the name of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky and the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers. This cathedral is the second largest among the newly built in Russia. The church was built on the central square of the city of Chita on the site of the old cathedral destroyed in 1936, consecrated in honor of the holy Prince Alexander Nevsky.
The first stone in the construction of the temple was laid on December 6, 2001, March 5, 2002 made the foundation of the walls of the symbolic first brick. The construction was completed in 2004.
The cathedral was built in the Vladimir-Suzdal style, which was inherent in most churches of the heyday of Orthodoxy in Russia - in the period of the XIV - XVI centuries.