Church of the Intercession in Rostov-on-Don - one of the city's oldest churches. It is located in the heart of the Intercession in the park at the intersection of Kirov Prospect and Bolshaya Sadovaya.

Initially, the site of the present church was a wooden temple. In 1735 the church was dismantled into logs, each of which is numbered and transported to the Fortress of St. Dimitry of Rostov. The new church received the status of "serf". All of his priests and parishioners were almost all soldiers.

After a while there was a need for a bigger church. As a result, the old building of the temple was dismantled, and at the same place built a new one. Consecration novovozvedennoy wooden church was held in September 1784 in 1796 to the Church of the Intercession was attached right south aisle dedicated to St. Demetrius. In 1818 the bell tower clock was installed "to fight".

Quite a long time Pokrovsky temple served for the main fortress Dimitri Rostov, and for local communities. Therefore, from the end of the XVIII century. Protection Church called catholic. In 1822, the shrine was called the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

In 1831 the old bell tower was demolished and in its place and build a new one. Military Status church finally lost in 1869, when fully moved to the diocesan submission. In November 1895, due to a fire burned down the bell tower and damaged the building of the church. In 1897 there was a laying of the new stone building was designed by architect N. Sokolov. Its construction ended in 1909. The temple was called Novo-Pokrovskiy. In 1930 the church was demolished and in its place was first constructed fountain, and later split the Kirov Square.

The history of the construction of the modern Church of Intercession began in 2005. It was built with donations collected throughout Russia. The temple is a magnificent snow-white building with a beautiful golden domes and seven bells. The height of the church - 30 m. It combines the features of a classical orthodox style and modernism. The main entrance to the temple is decorated with elaborately Pokrovsky mosaic.