The Church of the Holy Archangel Michael (Kazakh: Михаил-Архангел ғибадатханасы, romanized: Mihail-Arhangel ğibadathanasy; Russian: Кафедральный собор Архистратига Михаила, or Kafedral'nyy sobor Arkhistratiga Mikhaila) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located in Kokshetau (Kokchetav), the capital of Akmola Region in the northern part of Kazakhstan.
The existing structure, built in 1949, is a relocated version of the temple of the same name, previously located in the central city park of Kokshetau and dismantled in 1949.
The first wooden church in the name of Saint Archangel Michael was built in 1895 on the territory of the Central City Garden Kokshetau.
[2] In April 1923, audits were carried out and inventories were drawn up St. George and the Archangel Michael churches, the number of icons, candlesticks, bells, vestments were counted.
"[2] April 10 1940 a - by the decision of the City Council the transfer of the building of the Archangel Michael Church to a club in the department of the martel for a period of 15 years.
[2] In 1947, the church building, cut from logs, was dismantled and moved to a vacant lot along the current street named after Valikhanov[9] thanks to the intervention of the archbishop Alma-Ata Nikolai (Mogilevsky), who sent a telegram to Moscow to Council for the Russian Orthodox church demanding the return of the temple to the believers.
On September 12, the building of the Church of the Archangel Michael, erected on a new site by the efforts of the parishioners, was taken into operation.
[2] On June 1, 1956, Joseph (Chernov), previously the head of Kazakhstan Metropolitan District, was appointed the rector of the temple.
[11] On January 2, 1987, the bishop Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan Eusebius (Savvin) appointed Archpriest Vasily Kachankin as rector of the church.