Orthodox cathedral in Karaganda, Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

The Holy Presentation Cathedral in Karaganda is a Russian Orthodox church whose base is shaped like Noah's Ark. Its domes, service passages, annexes, stairways and windows give it the look of a fairy-tale tower. It is the largest Orthodox church in Kazakhstan, with three altars and gilded cupolas completed in 1993.

The site was consecrated and the foundation stone laid on 14 July 1991. The golden domes were finished in 1993, and the first service, an Easter vespers, was held on 23 May 1995 in the unfinished building. Patriarch Alexius II visited the construction site on 19 July 1995, and the cathedral opened on 2 May 1998. Since 6 October 2010 it has been the cathedral of the Karaganda and Shakhtinsk eparchy.

The cathedral is the main gathering place for the Russian Orthodox community in Karaganda, where services are held in Church Slavonic. Visitors can observe worshippers lighting candles and venerating icons inside the dimly lit interior.

The cathedral sits in a central part of Karaganda and is easy to reach on foot from the main streets. Anyone entering should dress modestly, with covered shoulders and knees, and women are expected to cover their heads inside.

Karaganda was home to one of the largest Gulag camp systems in the Soviet era, and many of the prisoners held there were Orthodox Christians. For descendants of those deportees who still live in the region, the cathedral carries a meaning that goes beyond ordinary worship.