Name: Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St Nicholas
Time: 1933 - Current
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Category: Cultural Community of Education
Institution Category: Informing
Institution Group: Public Community Education
Coordinates: -27.484, 153.034583333333
Street Address: Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St Nicholas, 344 Vulture St, Kangaroo Point
Suburb: Kangaroo Point
Sector: Independent \'Orthodox Christian\'
Local Study Area: Kangaroo Point-East Brisbane
Study Stage: MBSH Stage 3 Local Study Areas
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St Nicholas was erected in 1935-1936. With an influx of White Russian emigres to Brisbane in the early 1920s, the city’s first Russian Orthodox parish was was created at South Brisbane in 1925. Father Alexander Shabasheff, who had fled Russia via China, arrived in Brisbane in 1923, and through the assistance of Canon David John Garland. In 1925-26 a cottage at 330 Vulture Street, Woolloongabba (site of the present cathedral) was purchased by the parish and converted into a church. In 1926, Father Shabasheff was appointed officially to the parish, by the Administration of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains; Ridgeline (Steep); Major River Penninsula
Further research is underway.
Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St Nicholas. Photographer: Shiftchange [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39643145]
