St. Nicholas Cathedral

After the end of the heavy, bloody Russian-Japanese war, the head of the spiritual mission in Korea, Archimandrite Paul proposed to build a temple in Vladivostok to perpetuate the memory of Russian soldiers who fell in this war. Moreover, according to the archimandrite’s plan, this temple was to combine a church and a school in which the children of ordinary people could study. All 1906 collected funds for construction, and only in early 1907 began construction work.

On Sunday, December 9, 1907, on Manzhurskaya Street (now Mahalin Street), the church-school of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy to All Who Sorrow” was solemnly consecrated by His Grace Bishop Eusebius. On September 16, 1908, regular classes began at the school. And a year later, 77 children from the working and Sailor’s Slobodka studied here.

The school and library were closed in 1923. The church operated until 1927. In 1927, the technical commission, having conducted an audit of the church, decided to close it as requiring major repairs.

The church-school in memory of the murdered Russian soldiers was returned to believers only in 1972. After the reconstruction on May 8, 1976, divine services were resumed here. Joyful, bright, always festive, this church again opened its doors for parishioners. In 1991, with the restoration of the Vladivostok-Primorsky diocese, the temple received the status of a cathedral of the diocese.

And six years later, the first of September, the parish school was reopened. In 1999, the school was transformed into an Orthodox gymnasium, which became the first Orthodox gymnasium in the Far East.