Trinity Church in Antarctica

Trinity Church is a small Russian Orthodox Church on King George Island in Antarctica. It is the southernmost Eastern Orthodox Church in the world.

The church is a 15m-high wooden structure built in traditional Russian style. It can accommodate up to 30 worshipers. The structure was built out of Siberian Pine by Altay carpenters led by K.V. Khromov, then dismantled, taken by truck to Kaliningrad and shipped to King George Island by the Russian supply ship Academician Vavilov. It was assembled on high ground near the sea shore by the staff of Bellingshausen Station, under the general supervision of the 30-year-old Father Kallistrat (Romanenko), who was to become the church's first priest.

On 29 January, 2007 the church performed its first wedding between a Chilean and a Russian researchers.

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