The main mosque of the city In Kazakhstan, islam is the main religion that has been recognized by the Kazakh people for more than a thousand years. In our city there are more than 20 mosques, but it is precisely the Zhuma mosque located on Pushkin Street that is considered central. The building was built […]
In 1993, with the blessing of Archbishop Alexy, a new church community was organized in the village of Akbulak. In the same year, the Orthodox parish of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in honor of the Nativity of Christ was officially registered there. A small church was also erected, in which memorial services are […]
The cathedral in honor of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God was erected from the materials of the St. Sophia Church, by transferring the building from the Bolshaya Village to Malaya one in 1864. It was commemorated in the founding of the Almaty settlements (June 8, 1855) and the victory over the Kokandans […]
Vernyi In 1904, residents of the southwestern part of the city of Vernoye, an area that was called Kuchuguri at that time, appealed to the Bishop of Turkestan and Tashkent Paisii with a request to give permission to find funds and collect donations for the construction of a church on Zubovskaya Square in this part […]
On December 5, 2014 in Almaty, the opening of the new Baiken Mosque took place at the intersection of Rozybakiev and Zhandosov Streets. The mosque was named after the statesman of the Kazakh SSR Baiken Ashimov. One of the mosques in Kazakhstan, it is considered to be the most consistent with the canons of Islamic […]
“Vainakh” mosque The mosque was built in 2004 in a semi-traditional Islamic style, built in stone in the forms of late classicism. The mosque is made in white, and the windows and stained glass windows are a separate composition that gives the mosque an even more majestic appearance. It traditionally has one minaret, from which […]
The beautiful Al Hamid Mosque, which today is one of the youngest mosques in the southern capital, is located in a picturesque place near the Kok-Tobe mountain. Made in light brown with five golden domes, the building of the Al-Hamid mosque has a unique architecture that meets modern Islamic style. At the central entrance to […]
Holy Trinity Cathedral Diocese of the Holy Trinity in Almaty is a Roman Catholic diocese with the center (department) in Almaty. Subordinate to the Archdiocese of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The territory of the diocese covers Kyzylorda, South Kazakhstan, Zhambyl, Almaty region and Almaty. The cathedral of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy […]