Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in the city of Kemerovo - a monument of architecture, acting Orthodox church, whose history began in 1947. It was in that year was registered first Znamenskaya church in Kemerovo assigned to the community of the Russian Orthodox Church. Small in size wooden church building was located in the central part of the city, which is now the central square near the Central District administration.

Twelve years later, namely in December 1960, the church suffered a sad fate of most of the religious buildings in the territory of the Soviet Union. During the next stage of the struggle against religion community of the Russian Orthodox Church has been removed from registration, and the building was demolished Znamenskaya Church for the subsequent development of the city center. Since then, the parishioners were able to attend only one surviving church on the right bank of the river Tom - Nicholas Church.

Historical events of the 1980s have allowed believers to speak again about the opening of the temple. Then parishioners were sent a letter to the authorities, the blessing of the ruling requested by Metropolitan Gedeon. In March 1989, a meeting of the City Council, during which it was decided to allocate a plot of 1, 5 hectares on an empty area of ​​the former clothing market for the construction of the church.

The first liturgy was held in the same year, in a building adjacent to the construction site. In winter 1989 during the patronal feast in honor of the Mother of God, Novgorod "The Omen" was conducted, and the consecration of the first stone. The authors of the project were the architects M. Sokolov G. Nekrashevich. Inner-painted temple has implemented a talented group of artists led by a graduate of the Stroganov Art School - Rabotnov AS

In 1992 at the Belfry installed bells, custom at the Ural factory. When the church began operating Sunday school, to take custody of the nursing home in the South. Since the first days of operation of the Sign of the parish, the church was organized by the charity refectory, which now serves about a hundred people a day - children from large and dysfunctional families, the elderly, the disabled and the poor. At the moment we are working closely with the Centre for families and children.