Kazan’s first catholic church was opened in Kazan in 1858 but this was closed down in 1927 and the catholic parish was dissolved. The old church’s building was given over to a technical college. It was only in 1995 that a catholic parish was re-established and plans were initiated to build a new church. Work on the construction started in 2005 and the Exaltation of the Cross Church was completed in 2008, 150 year to the day since the consecration of the first church. The light blue church is built in the classical style with a four-columned portico and two side bell towers.