St. Nicholas Church in Old Harbin is the first temple in all of Manchuria. The temple was opened in 1898 and its first abbot was Archpriest Fr. A. Zhuravsky.
From 1898 to 1926, the temple was housed in an adobe barrack by the Guard, and in 1926 a new church was completed on Officer's Street. The new church can accommodate up to 500 worshipers and was consecrated by the late Metropolitan Methodius. The temple inside is embossed with plywood and built in the style of Pskov temples. By the way, one of the temples in Krasnoye Selo near St. Petersburg was taken as a model. The church is located among branchy trees and flower beds, where parishioners find rest in their free hours.
On the site of the old church, a chapel was left, which was solemnly consecrated by the mitred Archpriest. P. Rozhdestvensky and prot. A. Goloskevich May 9/22, 1931.
The rector of the temple is Archpriest. A. Goloskevich, deacon Fr. A. Gorelkin, church head J. Ya. Smirnov. The parish council includes: I.N. Babkin, I. Ya. Brutko, G.P. Burnin, A.M. Kavakevich, A.I. Ludikormin and N.G. Whisperer.