Church of the Intercession, Harbin

• In 1902, a prayer house was built in the Russian cemetery.
• In 1922, as the China Eastern Railway was being built, the Russians built a wooden church building at the site of current church.
• In 1930, the China Eastern Railway donated the present stone church building. The architect was Tidanov.
• Until 1947, it was mainly used as a church for Ukrainians.
• About 1958, during Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, as the Chinese-Soviet relationship soured, the Russians and Ukrainians left China, forcing discontinuance of the church activities.
• On 1984, coinciding with the church's patronal feast day, renovation to the church was completed and reopened for public worship.
• In September 2000, Father Gregory Zhu Shipu, who had served at the church since its reopening, died, leaving the church without a priest.
• On 2016, Easter service was conducted by the recently-ordained Father Alexander Yu Shi, the church's first priest in 15 years.

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