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The large central dome of the Holy Trinity Cathedral represents Jesus Christ, while the four surrounding smaller domes represent the principle Apostles, Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, Saint Luke and Saint John. [7] The particular challenge to the architect and builder was to make the domes as light as possible, to avoid collapsing the building below.
The Church of the Holy Trinity, also called the Russian Church, in Belgrade is a metochion of the Russian Orthodox church in Belgrade, Serbia.It was erected in 1924 according to the plans of Russian émigré architect Valery Stashevsky and was meant mainly for refugees from Soviet Russia who arrived in Serbia in thousands from 1920, after the defeat of the White Army in European part of Russia ...
This is the list of cathedrals in Russia sorted by denomination.. Transfiguration Cathedral in Abakan Khabarovsk Metropolitan Cathedral Sergiev-Kazan Cathedral in Kursk Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow Epiphany Cathedral at Yelokhovo in Moscow Trinity Cathedral in Novosibirsk Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan in Saint Petersburg Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Tver Transfiguration ...
In 1955 the Holy Trinity Cathedral was returned to the Orthodox Church. [4] [8] It had sustained damage during the siege of Leningrad, and after repairs it was re-consecrated on 12 September 1957 by Metropolitan Eleutherius (Vorontsov) . [4] [5] Further restoration works were carried out between 1957 and 1960, and 1986 and 1988.
The Trinity Cathedral (Russian: Троицкий собор, Troitsky sobor; Russian: Троице-Измайловский собор Troitse-Izmailovsky sobor), sometimes called the Troitsky Cathedral, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is a formerly Russian Imperial Army Izmaylovskiy regiment Russian Orthodox church, an architectural landmark - a late example of the Empire style, built between ...
The five-domed katholikon is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Serafimo-Diveevsky Monastery, or Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery, or Holy Trinity-Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery (Russian: Свя́то-Тро́ицкий Серафи́мо-Диве́евский монасты́рь) is a monastery of nuns in Diveyevo settlement near Sarov (12 km), and near the city of Nizhny Novgorod (185 km ...
The author of the project was German-Russian architect, Martin Eppinger. It was originally supposed to be consecrated as the church of St. Alexander Nevsky (the patron saint of Alexander II), but finally it was decided to dedicate it as the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. [2] In 1895 to 1897, the cathedral was renovated.
The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (Russian: Троице-Сергиева лавра) is a lavra and the most important Russian monastery, being the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Posad , about 70 kilometres (43 mi) to the northeast from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl ...