We visited Saint Sophia Church in mid February 2012 with our two children aged 10 and 11. The exterior of the church is quite impressive and a Russian orthodox church looks quite out of place in the middle of a Chinese city, even Harbin which has so much Russian European style architecture. Whilst the exterior of the church looks to... More

Really nice Russian architecture from the outside. Beautiful church and a nice square as well. Took a few pictures and then went inside. 30 RMB to go inside and it is NOT worth it. They should be ashamed of themselves for charging so much. It's not beautiful at all inside - very worn down; the walls are in desperate need... More

Lovely building externally, but less so internally. Russian-style former church is now a sort of city museum, but the interior is in poor shape and the large collection of photos are mostly hard for tourists to interpret (as captions are only in Chinese). Hopefully, some funds can be expended to restore the interior to its former glory and someone employed... More

A short walk of the main street, the church is now used to display a photographic history of Harbin.....Harbin has only been a city for 110 years but the photos capture the transformation and influence of different culture very well More

the building is nice and very russian. that's all i can say 30 yuan for entrance fee.. but you can skip it just need 10 minutes More

I enjoyed the building from the outside, which was quite different from the usual churches in my country (and definitely from the temples in China!), and to go inside to see the amount of destruction it endured during the Cultural Revolution. Be warned though: there are very few English signs, and the photo-exhibition inside the church doesn't have any. I... More

Beautiful, church was not refurbished but kept at orginal state, signs of wear and tear were obvious. Must visit. More

I went there with a tour agency and wasn't able to visit the interior of the church due to a) time constraint, b) Tour agency advised that most of the artifacts within had been removed. However, the facade of this church is so aesthetically pleasing and protray clear distinct features of byzantine architecture (or is it neo-byzantine?) that was revived... More

This church is nice for a photo outside whilst in Harbin, and inside photos chart a history of Harbin. There are some interesting photos but it would be much better if there were some translations in places. The interactive screens do have English, but that's about it. You could probably spend a maximum of an hour in here, primarily as... More