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Protection (Pokrov) of the Theotokos Church in Harbin

This Orthodox Church built of brick in 1930 according to the project of the civil engineer Y. P. Zhdanov, was occupied by the Ukrainian parish in Harbin's old Russian cemetery on 54, New City Street. The parish was originally a house church at the Ukrainian Residence in 1922, and after being evicted, was moved to a basement at B. Avenue. The parish was allocated its current permanent location after the temple construction completed and consecrated on December 14, 1930 by Metropolitan Methodius in honor of the Protection of the Mother of God.

According to Harbin Diocese - Parishes in China for 1929, the Church of the Holy Pokrovskaya was located within the walls of the former Ukrainian gymnasium on Novotorgovaya street. /New town/. Rector of the Holy Protection of the Ukrainian Parish was Archpriest Nikolai Ivanovich TRUFANOV.

According to Fr. V. Gerasimov, in "Review of the Dioceses of Harbin on October 1, 1939", Heavenly Bread, Harbin, 1939, № 10, pg. 86, the rector was Archpriest Nikolai Trufanov, and the churchwarden was A.N. Nepovetov.

According to Harbin municipal religious archive, Fr Michael Andreev served as rector from May 1947.

It is currently a First Class Preserved Building located at 266, Dōngdàzhí Street, Nángǎng District.

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1930s postcard from Japan

photos from forum.vgd.ru

1930s photo from Japan

1931-32 photo from AGSL

1930s photo from Japan

1930s photo from Japan

postcard with half fen
1936 stamp from Japan

1930s photo from Japan

from "Orthodox Churches
in Northern Manchuria"
Harbin, 1931, pg. 12

photo from fotoe.com

Photos from Abp Hilarion of Australia

1930s photo from Japan

1930s postcard from
Konstantin Fedorov of Moscow

1930s postcard
from Moscow

1930s postcard
from Japan

1930s postcard from Japan

1930s postcard from Japan

1930s postcard from Japan

1930s postcard from Japan

Photo from an album of
a group of 36
Japanese girl school
children who took
a trip to Manchukuo
in Showa 13 (1938).
On May 13, 1938,
the group left
Osaka, and on May 18
they were in Harbin.

Aug 26, 1938 postcard from FL USA