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Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)

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[[File:TrinityRussianOrthodoxChurchPyongyang.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)]]
'''Holy Trinity church Church in Pyongyang''' is an single orthodox Orthodox church in North Korea. Permission of construction of After a visit to the Orthodox church in North korea was given personally by President of DPRK Kim Jong-Il afer his visit of St. Innocent of Irkutsk church in Khabarovsk in course of the a trip to Russia the Russian Far East in 2002. Construction activity , President of DPRK Kim Jong-Il personally gave permission for the construction of an Orthodox church was begun in North Korea, and construction began in 2003 year. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held by Archbishop Clement of Kaluga, DECR Deputy Chairman archbishop Clement of Kaluga , on June 24 and works were begun2003. The church was consecrated in 2006 by metrMetr. [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Cyrill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad]]. During the consecration of the church was ordinated a , the first northkorean North Korean priestwas ordained<ref>[http://www.dprk.mid.ru/xpam.html ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЙ ХРАМ СВЯТОЙ ЖИВОНАЧАЛЬНОЙ ТРОИЦЫ В ПХЕНЬЯНЕ]</ref>
Now in the The church is served by two priests, Theodor Kim and John Ra, serve, both are citizens of North Korea<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1598569.html Делегация Русской Православной Церкви приняла участие в торжествах по случаю пятилетия освящения Троицкого храма в Пхеньяне]</ref> The temple church is found at located in the Chonbek district, tel./fax: (850) 238 14 650. Services are held every Saturday and Sunday.
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