Holy Cross Cathedral
Russia, Sverdlovsk region, Yekaterinburg, Per. Red, 13.
Description:
The Orthodox Holy Cross Cathedral is located in Yekaterinburg, belongs to the Holy Cross Monastery of the Yekaterinburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The temple was laid in 1878, the church was built with a stone one-chair. The place was chosen on the corner of Vasentsovskaya and Krestovozdvizhenskaya streets. The church was built as a house with a children's shelter of a charitable society. All expenses were covered by the merchant V.V. Krivtsov. The consecration of the temple took place on August 24, 1880 in honor of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord.
The Crusader Cathedral was used as a regimental church for soldiers who were located near the barracks, now known as the Orovaisky. From here they left: in 1904 the 139th Morshan Regiment, in 1914 the Orov Regiment and reserve battalions during the First World War.