Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes

Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic church in the city of St. Petersburg.
It was built in 1909 for the French Catholic community. The temple was consecrated December 5, 1909. From 1938 to 1992 he was the only current of the Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. The temple was built in the forms of the Romanesque architecture with the inclusion of methods northern moderna.Vnutrennee decoration consists of large sea shells on water at the entrance, 14 states of the Way of the Cross, large and small chandeliers, sculptural decoration, including a marble bust of Jesus Christ. The first way was the nadaltarnym copy of Raphael’s Madonna. In 1916 it was replaced by a picture depicting Virgin Mary with Child, Archangels Michael and a number of French saints. Brass body in neo-Gothic style, designed in 1910, was installed in the church in 1957 godu.V the late 1940s and the late 1960s in the temple was carried out major repairs. The columns were decorated under the artificial marble, Latvian masters painted the walls and vaults of the church and altar chasti.V 1958 artist Zakharov wrote a new, most likely on the back side of the former, nadaltarny image of “Jesus Christ Handing the keys to the Church of St. Peter the Apostle” .In 1981 was restored interior of the chapel of Lourdes Bogomateri.V 1990s was overhauled church, cleared the ground floor, built a new altar, are equipped with benches, mosaic-painted stained glass windows, whitewashed walls, mounted amplification equipment, significantly changed the parish dom.22 November 2009 community solemnly celebrated the centenary of consecration of the temple.

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