Cathedral Trinity Church in Magadan is the largest in the far East Orthodox Church and became a real decoration of the city. The Cathedral is a two-storey five-domed temple with a roof completion.

Cathedral in appearance resembles the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior and is considered one of the highest in the country. Its total height is more than 70 m, so the Cathedral is visible from any point in the city.

Until 1985 on the site of the present Cathedral was the building of the Council House, whose construction was never completed. The construction of the Cathedral began in 2001 and ended after 7 years. The upper part of the Cathedral was almost entirely made on the basis of an unfinished House Tips. The basis of bearing structures of the temple was used partially disassembled metal frame.

The main sponsor of the construction of the Cathedral was made by the President of Maximenko in Magadan M. S. Kartashov. Since the volume of construction works was very large erection was engaged several contractors.

Volume-spatial composition of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, and its aspect ratio was designed according to the size of the surrounding buildings that successfully influenced the architectural development of the square before the Cathedral. Wall Cathedral – pacisacamare and have two tiers of arched Windows. With two sides from the main entrance to the Cathedral's chapel. Paintings of the inner part of the Cathedral was engaged artists of Palekh icon-painting workshop. Two large values of the Cathedral - the icons for the iconostasis, a height of 3 m, were written by the best painters of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

The chief architects of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity are: V. Kolosov and E. Kolosov, and design engineers: E. Suslov, M. Jaskiewicz, B. Nasretdinova and A. Reznik.