Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

One of the most magnificent Orthodox shrines of Yekaterinburg is the Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky. This is an active temple located on the territory of the New Tikhvin Monastery. The building of the cathedral was made in the style of classicism in 1848 by the architect M.P. Malakhov. The temple was built in honor of Prince A. Nevsky and consecrated in 1954. The area of the cathedral is so spacious that on holidays it could receive up to 6000 parishioners.

The architecture of the cathedral is a cubic volume covered by five chapters. The temple is noticeably different in height against the background of other buildings. Its location (on the hill), allows you to see the cathedral from different points of the city. The northern part of the facade completes Weiner Street.

In 1935, the cathedral was closed and underwent numerous reconstructions to place a warehouse and a museum of local lore in its place. The area of the temple was divided by ceilings of reinforced concrete, and the windows were laid in one place, in another - new ones were cut through.

At the request of the Orthodox parishioners, in 1992, the cathedral was returned to the first floor, and in 1994 it was given the status of a monastery. At the moment, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral fully belongs to the Ekaterinburg diocese. The building is being reconstructed.