Church of the Life-Giving Trinity

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Church of the Life-Giving Trinity
Exterior of the church
Exterior of the church
Church of the Life-Giving Trinity is located in Pyongyang
Church of the Life-Giving Trinity
Church of the Life-Giving Trinity
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Location Jongbaek-dong, Rangrang District, Pyongyang
Country North Korea
Denomination Eastern Orthodox
History
Dedication Holy Trinity
Dedicated 13 August 2006 (2006-08-13)
Relics held Sergius of Rakvere (ru)
Associated people Kim Jong-il (initiator)
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Groundbreaking 24 June 2003 (2003-06-24)
Administration
Parish Trinity Parish
Division Russian Orthodox Church
Clergy
Rector Feodor Kim (Kim Hoe-il)
Deacon(s) John Ra (Ra Gwan-chol)

The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity is an Eastern Orthodox church in Jongbaek-dong, Rangrang District in Pyongyang, North Korea.[1] It is the first and only Orthodox church, and one of only a handful of churches in the country.

History

Kim Jong-il reportedly wanted to construct an Eastern Orthodox church in North Korea after a trip to the Russian Far East in 2002.[2] Kim had visited the Church of St. Innocent Innokentiy of Irkutsk in Khabarovsk on 22 August and admired its architecture and Russian Orthodox rites.[3]

There were no Eastern Orthodox priests in the country, so the Orthodox Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea established in 2002[4] contacted the Russian Orthodox Church.[5]

The committee sent four students to the Moscow Ecclesiastical Seminary in April 2003.[3][1] The groundbreaking ceremony was held on 24 June 2003.[3] The church was dedicated on 13 August 2006 in the presence of Russian religious and political leaders.[6]

Worship

The church is presided over by rector Feodor Kim (Kim Hoe-il) and deacon John Ra (Ra Gwan-chol), graduates of the theological seminary in Moscow.[3]

The church has a parish of its own and is under the Russian Orthodox Church.[3]

The shrine is consecrated with a relic of Sergius of Rakvere (ru). The church also has a Holy Trinity Icon.[7]

Very few locals attend.[8]

See also

References

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  6. ↑ Hoare 2012, p. xlix.
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  8. ↑ Hoare 2012, p. 323.

Works cited

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External links

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