Holy Cross Church, Gothic Revival temple in Sovetsk, Russia

Holy Cross Church is a brick building with a tower, built in the Neo-Gothic style and designed by Berlin architect Karl Siebold. It has dark pointed turrets rising along its sides, a rectangular altar separated from the main nave by an arch, and a pulpit to the left of the altar. The interior originally held a Walker organ from Ludwigsburg and a belfry with three bells.

The decision to build the Church of the Cross was taken in 1899, and the foundation stone was laid on 16 May 1909. The brick building with a tower, designed by Berlin architect Karl Siebold, was consecrated on 6 February 1911. It survived both world wars undamaged; from the 1970s a workshop of the secret military plant "Raduga" occupied it, and the upper part of the tower was later lost.

The building is no longer a church: since the 1970s it housed a workshop of the secret military factory "Raduga", and today it holds shops and production premises. In summer an open café and a children's playground stand against one of its walls. The name Cross Church distinguishes it from the city's Old Church.

The building is located in the center of Sovetsk and is easily accessible for visitors. The best way to experience it is by walking around the town center to view the facade and its details from different angles.

The church survived both world wars undamaged, but from the 1970s the building housed a workshop of the secret military factory "Raduga". Its tower lost its upper section, and numerous extensions were added inside and out. Since 2010 it has belonged to the Kaliningrad diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose owners plan to restore the original exterior.