Outdoor Barricadnaya Tver is one of the most remarkable churches of the city - the Cathedral of the Resurrection. It belongs to the Orthodox churches of the Nativity of Christ monastery, located in the same city. Since the 1990s, the cathedral is the honorary status of a cathedral, acting at the Tver Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is worth noting that the Resurrection Cathedral is subordinate to the chief of the ruling diocesan bishop.

Monastery of Christ is one of the most respected Orthodox convents, located in Tver. Even before the 1917 revolution, the monastery was neobschezhitelnym and treteklassnym. Today the monastery is located in the southwestern part of the Tver area, not far from the river Tmaka.

At the moment of the Nativity of Christ monastery survived the following churches: the Nativity and the Resurrection of Christ, the hospital church, consecrated in the name of the Holy Trinity, Gate Church of the Savior with adjoining refectory facilities and the abbot, the church of St. Nicholas, a small, located in the south-east corner tower and some of the structure of wood.

The construction of the Cathedral of the Resurrection occurred in 1913, which coincided with the date of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Romanov dynasty. Necessary funds were donated to the royal family, as well as the income allocated from the Nativity of Christ monastery. The development project took Omelyustnoy NP - Engineer from St. Petersburg. It was decided not to allocate Cathedral among other buildings of the convent.

If you judge the architectural style of the Cathedral of the Resurrection, it can be defined as neo-Russian or pseudo (Russian-Byzantine style). This trend in Russian architecture flourished between the 19th - early 20th centuries. For the cathedral, built in this style, characterized by the use of traditional folk art and ancient architecture. In addition, this style involves the use of elements that characterize the Byzantine architecture. Neo-Russian style was the result of a pan-European interest in the traditional national architecture.

Cathedral is in the form of a cube and has three apse and imposing size drum with a dome shaped as a helmet. On the west side adjacent to it somewhat reduced the porch equipped with choirs, while its completion is done as placed on the facade of forceps. North and South even lower arches and flanked by buttresses. The walls of the cathedral built of brick and then covered with a thick layer of cement. As for the interior decoration of the Cathedral of the Resurrection, it is not painted. In the matter of decoration, it is important to note that it is precisely stylized inherent in Pskov and Novgorod architecture elements.

In early 1936, The Resurrection Cathedral was closed, and only in 1988 it was again returned to the subordination of the Tver diocese and Kashira. In 1992, a ceremony was held the consecration of the Cathedral of the Bishop and later Metropolitan Victor Olejnik. In the winter of 2000 in the village called Episcopal held sacred relics acquisition prepodobnoispovednika Srebryanskaya Sergius, after which they were transferred to the building of the Cathedral of the Resurrection. It is known that a priest was Archimandrite Sergius Russian Orthodox Church, and in 2000 he was canonized.

In 2006, the year next to the Resurrection Cathedral was built a small church, which was consecrated in honor of the Royal Passion - that this temple was the continuation of some of the motives of the cathedral, as both of them are decorated in a single architectural style.