Trinity Church

One of the most beautiful places in eastern Ukraine are Sumy. This is the city flower-filled parks and mansions, tree-lined avenues and quiet streets. However, Sumi also known for its majestic temples and cathedrals. You'll be able to see this, walking along Trinity Street. Among the trees towering sky-blue dome of Trinity Cathedral - the most beautiful temple town.

On the existence of the Trinity wooden church in Sumy known since the mid-19th century. She appeared thanks to one influential family of the city. In the early 20th century tycoon Sumy Pavel Kharitonenko planned to build a cathedral, which would surpass the beauty of its all relics of the city. To create Trinity Church, he invited the famous Russian architect Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev. In the end, the project was approved another cathedral Sumy architect Gustav Scholz. Alexei Shchusev had only planning and execution of masonry mosaic floor Trinity Church and its decoration fence. Construction of the great cathedral of Sumy lasted 13 years, since 1901.

Now Trinity shrine is on the same street directly opposite the park-manor collector Ivan Asmolova. In its structure, the temple resembles St. Isaac's Cathedral and Trinity Cathedral in St. Petersburg, but there are significant differences. In the architectural composition of the Holy Trinity in Sumy shrines were used elements of classicism and baroque. It is a single storey, four internal, cross-domed church of rectangular shape. On the cathedral tower four chapels, one of which is much larger than the others. From the West Trinity Church has a four-tiered tower. Sam portico and bell tower pilasters made in the Corinthian style. Twelve bells specially melted factory Samghins were brought from Moscow. A striking example of classic style in the structure of the cathedral is a cornice, located around the perimeter of the temple. A four bell towers are examples of Baroque architecture. Elements of this style is also a floral ornament orders Colon.

Note the mural in the inner room of the temple. Pavel Kharitonenko specially invited well-known artists at the time to decorate the interior of Trinity Cathedral. It was Nicholas Nivinsky and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. Nicholas Nivinskogo belong scenic sketches on canvas, in niches under the windows and on the sails. Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin doing stained glass "Trinity."

To date, the Holy Trinity Cathedral conduct ceremonies and wedding classical music concerts, one of which you can get.

By the Holy Trinity Cathedral can be reached directly from Sumy Station by taxi number 11, 12 or 14.