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Orthodox Churches in Changchun

According to information collected by M. Karakulov, Sydney regarding the Harbin Diocese - Parishes in China in 1929, Churches built in Changchun near each of the three train stations along the southern line of the Chinese Eastern Railway to Harbin were:

• LAOSHAOGOU STATION. Transfiguration Church built in 1924. Rector - Archpriest Vasily Pavlovich POLOZOV.
• KUANCHENGZI STATION. St. Nicholas Church built in 1908. Rector - Vasily KARPOV.
• YAOMEN STATION. St. Vladimir Church built in 1922. Rector - Archpriest Vladimir G. GORDIEVICH.

St Vladimir Church at Yaomen train station

Fr. Georgy Petrovich Voetsky was rector around 1921 to 1925 and then served in Harbin and Tianjin.

The church building still stands to this day and has been designated as a Changchun city-protected historical site. It is located on current day Àimín Street in Déhuì City, an administrative district of Chángchūn City, Jílín Province.

Photos

 

The inscription on
the back: In memory
of Pusya, remember
Yaomen and our
meetings. Klava.
1932 photo from Russia

Yaomen photos by M. Skamony-Shapshinsky (1885-1939)