Saint Peter & Paul Cathedral, Baroque Orthodox Cathedral in Perm, Russia.
Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral is a stone church in provincial Baroque style at the start of Petropavlovskaya Street, near the Razgulyay district, on the spot where Perm began to grow. It was built in 1764 on the site of a wooden church of 1724, next to the copper smelter founded by Wilhelm Hennin. Its facades and domes follow Russian Orthodox forms.
A wooden church was built beside the Yegoshikha copper works in 1724; the stone Church of Peter and Paul was laid in 1757 and completed in 1764. In 1781 it was renamed Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, and Catherine II personally appointed its priests. Closed on 13 April 1929, the building later housed a railway club, a gym and restoration workshops before being returned to believers in 1990.
The cathedral serves as an active place of worship where the local Orthodox community gathers for regular services and religious observances. You can experience how faith shapes daily life for many residents of Perm.
The cathedral stands at the start of Petropavlovskaya Street, near the Razgulyay district, on the spot where Perm began to grow. It is an active Orthodox church, so visits are best timed around services rather than fixed opening hours.
The cathedral stayed open through the first years of Soviet power; it was closed on 13 April 1929 after a Sovnarkom decree of 8 April. A liquidation commission split the property: believers kept three altars, the altar, sacred books and other items, while the building and fence went to the municipal housing authority.
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