Saint Sophia stands at 88 Tulong Street in Harbin’s Daoli District. The provincial guide dates the church’s beginnings to March 1907; it says the present-site rebuilding began in September 1923 and was completed in November 1932. The sequence keeps two moments distinct: the church’s start and the later construction of the building that now shapes the square.
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Saint Sophia: a Greek-cross church beneath an onion dome
Begun in 1907, rebuilt on its present site from 1923 to 1932, Saint Sophia combines a red-brick Greek-cross plan with a Byzantine dome and seven bronze bells.
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Rebuilt on its present site
A Greek cross under a red-brick dome
The guide describes a Greek-cross plan in the Byzantine style, with exposed red-brick walls, a large onion dome and four tent roofs stepping out from it. Seven bronze bells hung in the tower above the main entrance. After protective restoration in 1997, the church was named Harbin Architecture Art Museum and reopened as a place to present the city’s history and architecture. Its outline is memorable; the plan and the seven bells make the structure legible in finer detail.
