The Blagovescekaya Church (Annunciation of the Theotokos) was built originally of wood in May, 1903, and was burned down in 1918. A new Byzantine style Church was started to be built in its place in 1930 and completed in 1941 at 41 Police Street (now Yǒuyì Road), Dàolǐ District, Harbin.
The eighth rector was Fr Daniel He. The ninth and last rector was Fr Anthony Yao from Beijing. The church building was closed in 1966 and finally destroyed in 1970.