Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Pyongyang)

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity
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
38°58′55″N 125°44′45″E / 38.981836°N 125.745733°E / 38.981836; 125.745733
LocationJongbaek-dong, Rangrang District, Pyongyang
CountryNorth Korea
DenominationRussian Orthodox Church
History
StatusParish church
DedicationHoly Trinity
Dedicated13 August 2006 (2006-08-13)
Relics heldSergius of Rakvere [ru]
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Groundbreaking24 June 2003 (2003-06-24)
Administration
DivisionPatriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
ParishTrinity Parish
Clergy
RectorFeodor Kim (Kim Hoe-il)
Deacon(s)John Ra (Ra Gwan-chol)
Church of the Life-Giving Trinity
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised RomanizationPyeongyang Jeongbaeng Sawon
McCune–ReischauerP'yŏngyang Chŏngbaeng Sawŏn

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

  1. ^ Do Kyung-ok; Kim Soo-Am; Han Dong-ho; Lee Keum-Soon; Hong Min (24 September 2015). White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2015. Korea Institute for National Unification(South Korea). p. 221. ISBN 978-89-8479-802-1.