Holy Trinity Church ( Russian : Церковь Святой Троицы ) is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near Bellingshausen Station , a Russian research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica . It is the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world (cf. St. Ivan Rilski Chapel ).
12-1969: Trinity Church may refer to: Antarctica [ edit ] Trinity Church (Antarctica) Australia [ edit ] Trinity Church Adelaide , South Australia Trinity Church, Perth , Western Australia Bulgaria [ edit ] Trinity Church, Bansko Canada [ edit ] Little Trinity Anglican Church Trinity Anglican Church (Cambridge, Ontario) Trinity Anglican Church (Ottawa) Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Toronto) Trinity-St. Paul's United Church Trinity-St. Stephen's United Church Trinity United Church (Peterborough, Ontario) China [ edit ] Trinity Church, Changsha Trinity Church, Langzhong Denmark [ edit ] Trinitatis Church (Trinity Church), Copenhagen Trinity Church, Esbjerg Finland [ edit ] Holy Trinity Church, Vaasa France [ edit ] Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, Caen Sainte-Trinité, Paris Georgia [ edit ] Gergeti Trinity Church Germany [ edit ] Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis, Leipzig Luxembourg [ edit ] Trinity Church, Luxembourg Norway [ edit ] Trinity Church (Arendal) ( Trefoldighetskirken ) Trinity Church (Oslo) ( Trefoldighetskirken ) Peru [ edit ] Trinitarian Church of Lima ( Iglesia de las Trinitarias ) Russia [ edit ] Trinity Church in Orekhovo-Borisovo , Moscow Trinity Church (Novocherkassk) , Rostov Oblast Slovakia [ edit ] Trinitarian Church of Bratislava (Trinity Church) Sweden [ edit ] Trinity Church, Halmstad ( Trefaldighetskyrkan ) Trinity Church (Karlskrona) ( Trefaldighetskyrkan ) Trinity Church, Kristianstad Ukraine [ edit ] Gate Church of
24-414: A competition for the project that was won by architects from Barnaul P.I. Anisifirov, S.G. Rybak and A.B. Schmidt. The church is a 15m-high wooden structure built in traditional Russian style. It can accommodate up to 30 worshippers. The structure was built out of Siberian Pine by Altay carpenters led by K.V. Khromov, then dismantled, taken by truck to Kaliningrad and shipped to King George Island by
36-457: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Church building disambiguation pages Trinity Church (Antarctica) The ambitious project to establish a permanent church or monastery on Antarctica first materialized during the 1990s. A charity named "Temple for Antarctica" (Храм — Антарктиде) was approved by Patriarch Alexius II and received donations from across Russia. They organized
48-521: Is staffed year-round by one or two Orthodox priests, who are hieromonks of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra volunteering for the Antarctic assignment. Similarly to the personnel of most year-round Antarctic stations, the priests are rotated annually by the Lavra; however, several of them, including Father Kallistrat, chose to come back to King George Island for another one-year tour of duty after a year or two on
60-722: The Holy Trinity v. United States , a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (disambiguation) Dreifaltigkeitskirche (disambiguation) Holy Trinity Church (disambiguation) Trinity Church and Rectory (disambiguation) Trinity Episcopal Church (disambiguation) Trinity Methodist Church (disambiguation) Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
72-499: The Russian supply ship Academician Vavilov . It was assembled on high ground near the seashore by the staff of Bellingshausen Station, under the general supervision of the 30-year-old Father Kallistrat (Romanenko), who was to become the church's first priest. Kallistrat, a hieromonk of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra , had previously served at the Lavra's skete on Anzer Island in the subarctic Solovki Archipelago. The iconostasis of
84-1917: The Trinity (Pechersk Lavra) , Kyiv United Kingdom [ edit ] Trinity Church, Barrow-in-Furness , Cumbria Trinity Church (Brentwood) , Essex Trinity Cheltenham Trinity with Palm Grove Church, Claughton , Birkenhead, Merseyside Trinity College Kirk , now dismantled Royal Collegiate Church in Edinburgh Trinity Church, Wrexham United States [ edit ] Trinity Church (Nevada City) , California Trinity Church (Oakland, California) Trinity Church (Brooklyn, Connecticut) Trinity Church (Milton, Connecticut) Trinity Church (Thomaston, Connecticut) Trinity Church (Elkridge, Maryland) Trinity Church (Boston) , Massachusetts Trinity Baptist Church (Concord, New Hampshire) Trinity Church (Cornish, New Hampshire) Trinity Church (Holderness, New Hampshire) Trinity Church (Asbury Park, New Jersey) Trinity Church (Swedesboro, New Jersey) Trinity Methodist Church (Beacon, New York) Trinity Church (Constantia, New York) Trinity Church (Elmira, New York) Trinity Chapel Complex , Manhattan Trinity Church (Manhattan) Trinity Church Complex (Roslyn, New York) Trinity Church (Warsaw, New York) Trinity Methodist Church (Elizabethtown, North Carolina) Trinity Episcopal Church (Scotland Neck, North Carolina) Nast Trinity United Methodist Church , Cincinnati, Ohio Old Trinity Church , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Trinity Church (Newport, Rhode Island) Trinity Church (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) Trinity Church (Edisto Island, South Carolina) Trinity Church (Mason, Tennessee) Trinity Episcopal Church (Houston) , Texas Trinity Church (Beaverdam, Virginia) See also [ edit ] Church of
96-704: The benefit of Latin American visitors, some church services are conducted in Spanish. On occasion, the priest baptizes new adherents of Christianity in the Southern Ocean . On 29 January 2007, the priest of the church celebrated the first church wedding in Antarctica. The husband, Eduardo Aliaga Ilabaca, is a staff member of a Chilean Antarctic base, who had joined the Orthodox Church soon after
108-525: The church was created by Palekh painters. The church bells were commissioned by the descendants of Sergey Muravyov-Apostol . The church was consecrated on February 15, 2004, by Theognost ( Феогност ), the Bishop of Sergiyev Posad and the Namestnik ( abbot ) of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra , who visited Antarctica for this occasion, along with a number of other clerics, pilgrims, and sponsors. The church
120-409: The mainland. Among the priests' tasks is praying for the souls of the 64 Russian people who have died in Antarctic expeditions and serving the spiritual needs of the staff of Bellingshausen Station and other nearby stations. Besides Russian polar researchers, the church is often visited by their colleagues from the nearby Chilean, Polish, Korean, and other research stations, as well as by tourists. For
132-488: The opening of the Antarctic temple; his wife, Angelina Zhuldybina, is Russian. In 2016 Patriarch Kirill visited the church. Priests also assist with the general maintenance of the Bellingshausen station. 62°11′47″S 58°57′35.3″W / 62.19639°S 58.959806°W / -62.19639; -58.959806 Trinity Church, Halmstad Trinity Church ( Swedish : Trefaldighetskyrkan )
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