St. Stephen's Cathedral

St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Syktyvkar is the center of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Komi Republic. The construction of the cathedral was started in 1896 in honor of St. Stephen of Perm, who was the first preacher who brought Orthodoxy and the Christian faith to the ancient Komi. The completion of the construction was timed to the 500th anniversary of the death of the saint.

Located in the city center, the temple was the tallest building in the pre-revolutionary period. All buildings and houses in the city were predominantly one-storey, so the temple was perfectly visible from anywhere in the city. In 1932, the temple by order of the Bolsheviks on the order of the Bolsheviks was dismantled. The restoration of the temple began again only a hundred years later and was completed by the 600th anniversary of the death of Stephen of Perm.

Unlike the first temple, which was made in a rather restrained and unexpressive architectural manner, the modern temple is made with great refinement. The walls of the cathedral are made in the form of masonry made of full-bodied brick, the roof is covered with sheet copper. Inside, the floors and panels on the choirs are lined with polished granite.