Russian Orthodox
Temple of the Archangel Michael
Exarchate of Western Europe Spanish-Portuguese Diocese
About the Church
The church is part of the Diocese of Madrid and Lisbon of the Russian Orthodox Church and is located in the Altea Hills residential development, between Alicante and Valencia, Spain.
The Church of the Archangel Michael
The Church of the Archangel Michael is the first church of the Russian Orthodox Church built in Spain and on the Iberian Peninsula. It was constructed in the style of 17th-century Russian wooden architecture.
The uniqueness of the Church of the Archangel Michael lies in the fact that, in the two-thousand-year history of Christianity, it was the first Russian Orthodox church to be built on Spanish soil. It became the westernmost outpost of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Eurasian continent.
The church was founded and sponsored by the Botsko family from Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
Priest Yaroslav Pirkowski
The rector of the temple
The rector of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Altea is Priest Yaroslav Pirkovsky. He was born on April 23, 1982 , in the village of Prokhory, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. He received his theological education at the Chernihiv Theological School and the Kiev Theological Seminary. On March 28, 2004, he was ordained a priest by Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and All Moldova at the Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Chisinau.
Contacts
Temple of Archangel Michael in
Altea, Spain
+34 (622) 369-232
Noray Street 1, Altea 03590, Spain
The temple is open
Every day
09:00–19:00
Monday - Friday, Sunday
09:00–19:00
Saturday and on the eve of holidays
