Ascension Cathedral

The Ascension Cathedral is the main temple of the Novosibirsk diocese, where the Department of the Bishop, managing the Novosibirsk diocese, is located.

The preceptor of the Ascension Cathedral is the Diocesan Bishop - His Eminence Tikhon, Metropolitan of Novosibirsk and Berdsk.

The first wooden temple in honor of the Ascension of the Lord was built in the city of Novonikolayevsk in 1913. The church was single-altar, wooden. The church was consecrated by Archpriest Nikolai Zavadovsky, Dean of the churches in the city of Novonikolayevsk, on April 6, 1913.

After formation in 1924 of Novonikolayevsk Diocese the chair of the Bishop was placed in the church. With the works of the first Novosibirsk Bishop, i.e. Metropolitan Nikifor (Astashevsky), the chapel in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker was added to the Church (and was consecrated in 1925).

After the arrest in 1937 of Archbishop Sergius (Vasilkov), the group of clergy and laity, the temple was closed, a granary was arranged in it. The temple was returned to the church in 1944 thanks to the efforts of Archbishop Bartholomew.

In 1974, Bishop Gideon began the reconstruction of the cathedral. It was completed in 1988 for the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus. The building became completely stone, the inner walls were decorated with paintings, outside mosaics in lunettes over the entrances were placed. In the 1990s, the accomplishment of the territory adjacent to the cathedral was carried out: the chapel in the name of All Saints, in the land of Siberian shine forth (1996) and the administrative building (1998) were built here. In 1999, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Novosibirsk diocese, the main iconostasis of the cathedral was restored and gilded.

Ascension Cathedral attracts pilgrims with many shrines such as:
- The ark with the relics in the altar of the cathedral;
- The ark of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, located in the main temple of the Cathedral;
- The following icons are especially revered:
1. St. Nicholas the Wonderworker with the particle of relics.
2. St. Seraphim of Sarov, the Wonderworker with the particle of relics.
3. Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon with the particle of relics.
4. Iver Icon of the Mother of God (painted on Holy Mount Athos).
5. Icon of the Mother of God "She Who is Quick to Hear" (written on Holy Mount Athos).
- The following Icons:
1. St. John of Shanghai with the particle of relics.
2. St. John of Tobolsk with the particle of relics.
3. St. Ambrose of Optina with the particle of relics.
4. Icon of St. Innocentius, Bishop of Moscow with the particle of relics, located in the chapel in the territory of the cathedral.
5. Icon of St. Joasaph of Belgorod with the particle of relics.

Work pattern: daily from 8:00 till 19:00 without lunch
Church services in the cathedral are carried out on a daily basis.
Liturgy from 8:30. Evening church service from 17:00. On Sundays and on the days of the Great feasts, two Divine Liturgies are carried out - the early one from 6:30, the late one from 9:30.
Every day in the lower Gedeonovsky temple the Sacrament of Repentance (confession) is carried out: on weekdays from 8:40, on Sunday from 6:40 and 9:40.
Baptism is performed on any day. The conversation takes place just before the Baptism.