Denomination Roman Catholic Church | Phone +7 395 243-05-10 | |
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Address Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, 664074 Similar Pamyatnik Vampilovu, Prince Vladimir Temple, Église de l'Élévation de la Croi, Moskovskie Vorota, Statue d'Alexandre III à Irkout | ||
The Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral (Russian: Собор Непорочного Сердца Божией Матери) It is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Irkutsk. It is located on 11th Street Griboyedov in Irkutsk, in the region of Siberia in Russia. It is known for its organ concerts. In 1820 the Catholic parish of Irkutsk, a growing city was founded. Most parishioners were Poles and Lithuanians or Belarusians and representatives of other nationalities of the Russian Empire. A wooden church was dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption and suffered by flames during the Great Fire of Irkutsk in 1879. A new Gothic church was consecrated in 1886. The parish was suppressed in Soviet times, priests and parishioners sent assets forced labor camps.
After the fall of the Soviet Union the church activities are authorized again. However, the municipality denied the right of Catholics to regain their church in 1998, but in return gave them a plot of land where the present cathedral was built, which was consecrated on September 8, 2000.