Holy Trinity Cathedral (Yekaterinburg)
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Holy Trinity Cathedral (Ryazan Church) is a cathedral Orthodox church of Yekaterinburg and the Ekaterinburg diocese.
It was founded in 1818 as a stone three-chair church in the style of classicism. Initially, the building was intended as a prayer house of Old Believers, which the authorities did not allow to complete and consecrate. Until 1838 the temple remained inactive. In 1838, Y. M. Ryazanov and some of his supporters joined the unanimity, which differed from the orthodox Old Believers in that the service according to the old order was conducted in co-religionist churches by priests appointed by local Orthodox bishops.
The northern chapel, consecrated on October 12, 1839, was erected in the name of St. John Chrysostom. The southern chapel, in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker, was consecrated on October 13, 1849. 2.5 years later, on May 13, 1852, the main temple in honor of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity was consecrated.
In 1854, a stone bell tower was added to the temple.
In 1920, during a mass campaign to expropriate church values, five poods of silver and the salary of the venerated icon of the Kazan Mother of God, decorated with 132 diamonds, were seized from the Holy Trinity Church.
After 10 years, in 1930, the Trinity Church was closed for worship by a decree of the city council. At the same time, the church dome and bell tower were demolished, redevelopment was carried out inside. In the Soviet years, at different times there was a cinema, a weaving factory, and a club of DK Motorists. Since 1981, it has hosted the Aelita Festival. In the late 1980s, concerts of the Sverdlovsk Rock Club were held in the house of culture.
As a result of full-scale restoration work, the dome drums were rebuilt in 1998-1999, and in 2000 - the bell tower. The solemn consecration was performed by Patriarch Alexy II on September 24, 2000.
From 24 to 27 October 2011 in the temple was the Belt of the Most Holy Mother of God, which during this time came to worship 150 thousand people.