The huge 77-meter Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ can accommodate 1,000 people. It was built in record time – from 2012 to 2016: in 2010, the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was received for construction, in 2012 it was started, and already in 2016. The Patriarch consecrated the main temple of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with the Great Rank.