Holy Trinity Orthodox church in Kolomna, Eastern Orthodox church building in Kolomna, Russia.
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox church building in Kolomna with brick walls and Byzantine Revival design features. The structure displays characteristic religious elements in its form, proportions, and decorative details.
A wooden Trinity Church, built in 1775 by Princess Natalia Golitsyna, stood on the Oka bank until it was robbed in 1909 and later disappeared. The stone church was designed by Max Hoeppener in 1892, built from 1892 to 1900, and consecrated in 1907 by Bishop Nikodim. Closed by the Stalinist authorities in 1929, it was used as a bakery, warehouse and garage before being returned to the Moscow Patriarchate in 1991.
The church's name comes from its main altar, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, while the side chapels honour the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple and Saint Nicholas. Since 1998 the parish has run a Sunday school, a clothing distribution point for the poor, a social centre called Nadezhda and an Orthodox gymnasium.
The church stands in the former village of Shchurovo, on the opposite bank of the Oka from Kolomna's centre, near where the Moskva River joins the Oka. The building is fully of red and white brick, with the entrance through a porch beneath a three-tier bell tower. Restoration of the main dome and bell tower was completed in 2004.
Max Hoeppener designed and oversaw the construction of this building, a notable role for a European architect in this region during that period. This international connection reveals how Kolomna was linked to broader architectural movements.
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