St. aleksiev Church

The Church of Scrooge street was originally the Orthodox Church of St. Alexeyev, but it was changed into a Catholic Church after 1980. The building is of Baroque style, brick and wood structure. In the church, there are Saint paintings by Saint painter sadrojini and the statue of the Virgin Mary.

St. aleksiev Church

St. aleksheyev church is located in Shike street, Nangang District, Harbin city. It is an orthodox church with a building area of 1005 square meters. It was built in 1931 and is a typical Russian style building. In 1980, it was restored and converted into a Catholic Church. Now it is the seat of Heilongjiang Catholic Patriotic Association, Harbin Catholic Patriotic Association and Heilongjiang Catholic Educational Administration Committee. St. aleksheyev church is a cultural relic protection unit in Heilongjiang Province.

Church History

Aleksheyev church was a product of the Russo Japanese war. In 1907, it moved to Harbin from Gongzhuling with the Russian army. On February 25, 1912, a wooden church was built on the site (on July 13, 2000, it was demolished during the reconstruction of the surrounding environment). In October 1930, the construction of the existing masonry church was started next to the wooden church, which was designed by Russian architect Smirnov tovtanovsky. Completed on October 6, 1935, it is now the Harbin Catholic Patriotic Association.

St. aleksheyev's church was originally a military Church in Gongzhuling. It was transferred with the Russian army to Harbin lazy village and then moved to aleksheyevka Village (dongxiangfang) for reconstruction. With the completion of the Songhua River East Bridge and the formation of the wharf, a large number of residents of the old city (Xiangfang) moved to Majiagou, and the church also moved to No. 44 Church Street (Gexin Street). From 1912 to 1913, the wooden structure church was built, and from 1935 to 1936, it was rebuilt into a new masonry structure church, forming a special pattern of two churches standing side by side and integrated. Designed by the architects Smirnov and dostanovsky, the masonry church is tall, majestic and eye-catching. There are three altars in the hall. The dome is supported by four pillars, two of which are the dividing line between the center and both sides, and the center is the sanctuary. In the hall, there are Saint paintings by Saint painter sadrojini. Above the column are four sacred images for the disciples to discuss the doctrine. The statue of the Virgin Mary presented to the Russian army at Lushunkou from kursko carries the name and date of the giver. The church covers an area of 5773 square meters, with a building area of 502.51 square meters. It can accommodate 1500 people. It is located in a place where Russian Orthodox live together. It is one of the orthodox activity centers in Harbin.

From 1920 to 1924, he was the first minister in charge of the court.

From 1924 to 1933, he was the Second Peter rozjestervinsky.

From 1933 to 1937, the third Mikhail lugorghine.

From 1937 to 1943, the fourth aristara bonomalev.

In 1943, the fifth president, theon novosilechaiv.

In 1980, the church was allocated to Harbin Catholic Church.

A church is a place where Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, etc.) hold mass services and other religious matters. Religion is an important part of European life. Therefore, churches are all over the urban and rural areas and become an important part of the city with a long history. St. aleksheyev church is a product of the Russo Japanese war. It is a classic of Russian style church architecture after getting rid of the external influence. The structure of the building is complex, with rich decorative lines, and red and white walls. The whole building is full of the beauty of rhythm, shape and color

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Like other churches, they were inevitably closed and occupied during the decade of havoc. After the "Cultural Revolution", the relevant departments carried out a comprehensive repair of the church, which was used by Harbin Catholic Church. During Christmas in 1980, the church officially opened to the public.

Traffic information

Take bus No.8, 87, 109, 121, 7, 386, 17, 18 to Gexin Street station.

cultural landmark

At the beginning of the 20th century, Harbin was already a city immersed in church bells. St. Alexeyev church came into being under this background. It was built in the heyday of the construction of Harbin church at that time. Its grand scale, magnificent shape and warm religious atmosphere made it an outstanding religious building and a Byzantine art center Bincheng, an indispensable landscape and memory, has become one of the cultural landmarks of Harbin.

Harbin is a romantic city full of foreign flavor with unique character and temperament. As early as the early 20th century, people in Europe and America called Harbin "Moscow in the East" and "little Paris in the Far East". Today, it is not difficult to find the origin of such a cultural background: those Chinese and foreign exiles who fled the war a hundred years ago mistakenly regarded other places as their hometown, and built Harbin according to the appearance of their homeland, making Harbin a city "alienated" by foreign culture.

Harbin is famous for its unique architecture. The churches are like pearls in the buildings. The unique culture of the church radiates the unique charm of the church and creates the unique charm landscape of Harbin, a famous tourist city. It has become a must visit place for many tourists and a new and growing tourist attraction in Harbin.

Architectural features

St. aleksheyev's church is a typical Russian style building with brick and wood structure. The plane is in a cross shaped symmetrical layout, and the main entrance faces west. The upper level is the place for religious activities, and the lower level is the place where bishops and priests work and board. There are Baroque tower, onion head clock tower and Catholic Church on the roof. There is a cross above the clock tower, tower and Catholic Church.

This church is different from the classical Church in Russia. Russian classical style church architecture is Byzantine, its shape and style are almost based on St. Sophia's Cathedral in Constantinople. It was not until the 16th century that the Russians overthrew the rule of foreign nations and became a centralized country that they began to build the church into a Russian style building. Russian architects living in cold regions changed the dome of Byzantine church into a tent spire according to the characteristics of regional climate, so that the snow could not be retained. Inspired by the bell dome of Arabian church, the roofs of some churches were designed in the shape of a ball, and some of them were compatible with these two shapes, forming a sharp circle and high and low staggered Russian architectural style.

St. aleksheyev church was originally a military Church in Gongzhuling. With the completion of the East Songhua River Bridge and the formation of the pier, the church moved to No. 44 Church Street (innovation Street). From 1912 to 1913, the wooden structure church was built, and from 1935 to 1936, it was rebuilt into a new masonry structure church, forming a special pattern of two churches standing side by side and integrated. Designed by the architects Smirnov and dostanovsky, the masonry church is tall, majestic and eye-catching. There are three altars in the hall. The dome is supported by four pillars, two of which are the dividing line between the center and both sides, and the center is the sanctuary.

Aleksheyev church is a typical Russian church style building. There are three altars in the church. The dome is supported by four pillars. Above the pillars are four sacred images telling the disciples. Two of the pillars are the dividing line between the center and both sides, and the center is the sanctuary. The appearance of the church is tall and unique, with complex shape. The walls are rich in lines and corners, red and white. The bell tower is of tent top type, while the dome above the main entrance adopts the traditional onion head type of Russia. The whole appearance is full of changes, and different styles blend harmoniously, forming a vivid and lively combination. The church covers an area of 5773 square meters and a building area of 502.51 square meters, which can accommodate thousands of people. In the church, there are holy pictures painted by Saint painter sadro Gini, especially the Virgin Mary.

After the completion of the new church with brick structure, the old church with wood structure was not demolished immediately. In 1938, the school of divinity was set up, which nominally trained clergy, but actually became a base for training anti Soviet elements.

The green roof and red and white brick walls of the church are very elegant under the sunlight. Three Catholic crosses stand on three domes of different sizes. Entering the hall, you can see three portraits of the virgin ascension, Jesus and Joseph, with an altar in the middle and 14 images of the bitter road hanging on both sides.

Address: No.47 Shike street, Nangang District, Harbin

Longitude: 126.65899658203

Latitude: 45.751201629639

Tour time: half an hour

Traffic information: No.8, No.87, No.109 and other n buses, get off at Gexin Street station.

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