The Resurrection Cathedral was built in 1750 on the site of the dilapidated wooden Resurrection Church, on one of the seven hills in the centre of the town of Cherdyn.
The Cathedral, featuring a Resurrection side altar, was consecrated in 1754.
Two more side altars were added to this double-height Cathedral: one in 1751, on the southern side, in the honour of St. Stephen of Perm, and another one in 1785, of St. Nicolas, on the northern side.
The Cathedral's main building and its both western side altars were united with a spacious refectory.
In 1789, a bell tower was added.
As for the five domes that crown the Cathedral, four of them have each one blind and octagonal drum, put in a corner on a small, rectangular tower, serving as a pedestal, while the dominating fifth dome sits on two large octagonal drums, with the lower one being opened into the temple room. This cubic Cathedral is endowed with an imposing appearance by indented cornices and by the walls' upper parts, featuring large semi-circles with octagonal windows.
In 1908–1911, the Cathedral was significantly rebuilt: on a rubble, red-brick foundation, an enlarged refectory, a porch, a sacristy and a new bell tower were erected. The design and budget were prepared by Ivan Bakharev, a civil architect from the village of Ilyinskoye.
The new facades were decorated using old decoration techniques: the indented cornice, the semi-circle curves, the flat, flower-decorated linings and the pilaster-strips. Paired columns and indented belts decorated the bell tower's bell tier, with an open, circular platform put on top of it. A picturesque image of Christ Pantocrator was transferred from a wall of the old bell tower to the facade of the new one.
The walls and vaults of the Cathedral were painted by Leonty Protopopov, the best painter in 18th century Cherdyn. Among the multi-figure compositions especially notable was the painting (later concealed with whitewash) dedicated to the baptising of Great Perm's inhabitants by Bishop Jonah in the 15th century.
The Cathedral's interior was decorated with a multi-tier icon-stand (has not survived) brought here in the 18th century from Pyskor Monastery after its closure.
The Cathedral hosted church services even after the 1917 Russian Revolution, up until the early 1930s. After the Cathedral had been shut down, its building was occupied by Cherdyn District Cultural Centre.
At present, the Cathedral's building has been handed over to Perm Diocese and the reconstruction of the Cathedral has been started.
On 1 July 2008, nine new bells were mounted on the bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral. The largest of them weighs 2.7 tonnes (6,000 pounds). The money for the bells was allocated by Oleg Zhilin, the general manager of Varkhrushevugol, LLC, who was born in Cherdyn. The mounting works were supervised by Vladimir Petrovsky, the famous bell-ringer from the city of Arkhangelsk.
On 5 July 2008 (Saturday), the new bells summoned the town inhabitants to an All-Night Vigil, for the first time in 80 years.
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