Saint Sophia, Harbin

Saint Sophia’s domes and masonry rise above a central Harbin square. Since restoration in 1997, the former church has served as a place to encounter its architecture and history, adding a civic and cultural chapter to the building’s earlier life.

Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin — Saint Sophia’s red-brick facade and onion dome in Harbin.

Saint Sophia, Harbin

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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Saint Sophia’s red-brick facade and onion dome in Harbin.SmallSonMarex / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Proportionally resized and converted to WebP; no cropping or scene-content changes.