Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Krasnaya Street, 56, Krasnodar, Krasnodar Territory, Russia 350,000
Description:
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is the main Orthodox church of Krasnodar. The cathedral was built in 1872, it kept relics of the Kuban Cossacks and held solemn ceremonies until 1932, when the temple was blown up.
The decision to restore the temple was made in 2003, and in 2006 the temple was consecrated.
The cathedral is a structure built in the Russian-Byzantine style in the form of a symmetrical cross. The four chapters of the cathedral, decorated with gilded domes, perform different functions - two western are decorative and serve as bell towers, two eastern are light.
The walls of the temple are whitewashed, decorated with keel-shaped zakomars, an arcature belt and "Florentine windows".