Church of St. Sophia Harbin

The Day That Harbin Went from Being a Place I Slept, to a Place That I'm Happy to Call Home for a Year.

"I think it was Ice Cube who said, 'today was a good day'" – Cynthia. I couldn't find any better words to start this blog than the words my roommate said a few hours ago. Today was, without a doubt, the best day I’ve had …

... area called daoliqu...with a cobblestone pedestrianized street (zhongyang dajie), russian built buildings and the eastern orthodox church of st. sophia. zhongyang dajie runs right to the river which is lined by the unfortunately named stalin park. i ...

... Harbin-Beijing line, with children as the onboard staff - the reality was it was a run down disused lot. Also: the Church of St Sophia, an Orthodox church built by Russians, ransacked during the Cultural Revolution and since restored. We stayed in a ...

... was about what I expected---pretty big. It was the highlight of Harbin; however, also pretty interesting was the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Sophia, inside which was housed a small museum which had little do with the church itself (which was left in ...

... , although one or two had obviously known better days. There is also a church built after the Russian design called the Church of St Sophia. It had obviously known better days, too, although is fully intact; Right aligned photo tag: frescoes and all. ...

... , "Jews of World Famous", or "she was very successful at performing Jewish fork songs".) On our last day, we visited the Church of St. Sophia- which is a beautiful old Orthodox church, and it is kind of a pity that it is not actually still in use as ...

... the locations in Haerbin that should be in Lonely Planet, but have unfortunately been left out. Top Sights: ★★★★Church of St. Sophia: I have mentioned St. Sophia's Chruch in my last blog, but I will reiterate here. St. ...