Peter and Paul Cathedral, which is located in Lugansk, is one of two Orthodox churches that survived the Bolsheviks. It is located at the 2nd co-op lane, 10A. According to the documentary evidence, on the very spot where the Cathedral now stands, in 1761 with the blessing of Preosvyaschennejshij of Ioasaph (Matkevich), who was the Bishop of Belgorod and Oboyan, was built a wooden Church in honor of saints Peter and Paul.

After thirty years, the building was severely dilapidated and in October 1795 he was fully renovated and completely rebuilt. Was built a stone Church with a huge bell tower, it was seven bells and many icons. In connection with unfolded after the revolution of 1917, anti-religious war that had destroyed many of the temples of the Luhansk region, but the Peter and Paul Cathedral blessed much more than others. In 1929 decide to give the building a school, but soon changed his mind and instead open in the Cathedral of cinema, which had a symbolic name “Atheist”. The temple was completely looted, dismantled the iconostasis, was cleared of all the domes and bell, densely Zabelina murals. But the building itself remained intact, was not blown up unlike many other temples in the city.

During the great Patriotic war in 1942, the Peter and Paul Cathedral again opened its doors to all believers. Since then, the Cathedral was never closed, despite the struggle with the believers and the Church, which lasted for a very long time.

At the moment Abbot Peter and Paul Cathedral is Archpriest Basil Catfish. In 2011, Luhansk Peter and Paul Cathedral celebrated its 250th anniversary.