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Protection (Pokrov) of the Theotokos Church of Harbin

This Orthodox Church in Harbin, originally a house church at the Ukrainian Residence in 1922, and relocated to its current location which was originally the Old Cemetery where it was rebuilt of brick in 1930 according to the project of the civil engineer Y. P. Zhdanov.

It is a First Class Preserved Building located at present day 266, Dōngdàzhí Street, Nángǎng District. It was renovated and reopened to the public on the patronal feast day of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (October 1/14, 1984) and is the only functioning church in Harbin with Fr Gregory ( Z Shìpǔ 朱世朴) as rector.

From 1986 to 1989, Fr Michael Li from Shanghai joined the parish as a second priest and later immigrated to Australia. On September 21, 2000, Fr Gregory reposed in the Lord, and the parish has been without a priest since, until SARA approved the assignment of Fr Alexander Yu Shi to this parish after his ordination on October 4, 2015.

Photos
 

Fr Gregory Zhu and
Mrs. L.B. Kositsyna, 1998

Harbin, 2000

Parishioners, many helped
Gregory, secretary of the church
Nagy, Assistant Victor and other
student, 2000

Fr Gregory Chu and parishioners
, Palm Sunday, 2000

Harbin, 2000

Procession of the Patronage of
Church, Harbin, 2000

Photos courtesy of Archdiocese of Canada

Dec 13, 2000 photos from Fr Vladimir Boikov

Dec 14, 2000 photos from Fr Vladimir Boikov

Fr Gregory Zhu with parishioners
courtesy of Abp HILARION
of Sydney & Australia

from "Orthodox Life"
№4 1997, pg 35

photo taken in
front of the Pokrov Church
of this little structure,
Is it equivalent to a
Catholic Marian Shrine?

courtesy of
Old China
Hand Gazette
, 1996