The temple is dedicated to Russian military maritime glory. This is one of the oldest churches of the city, founded in 1718 by Peter I in honor of the victory in the Swedish flotom.V 1735-1739 years built a new stone church in Anninsky Baroque. The new church had a bell tower and dome tent made of wood. It was consecrated in the temple festival, July 27 (August 7), 1739. Since the church was cold to 1764 was built a warm chapel of St. Catherine, moved in 1783 to trapeznuyu.V 1765 Church of the Admiralty College moved into the eparhii.V 1834-1835 the building was rebuilt in the late Empire style, and in 1840 the temple facades were decorated with marble reliefs. Temple has repeatedly expanded: in 1852 in the direction of the Fontanka River, in 1875 by the architect of the modern street Pestel VF Hecker changed the porch, having arranged in it a chapel in 1895-1896 was built chapel of Prince Michael of Chernigov and his son Theodore to the Neva. As such, the church and preserved to dney.S 1906 in the church operates in St. Petersburg 1st Parish Council, since 1913 – the Brotherhood of St Joasaph Belgorodskogo.V 1912 passed the church restoration, and in 1914 by decree of the Imperial Russian military historical society on the facade of the church Panteleimon marble memorials have been erected with a list of the regiments that fought at Gangut and Grengame.V building Panteleimon church worked an exhibition dedicated to the battles of Peter’s galley and the sailing fleet in the Baltic Sea, the courage of Russian soldiers in the Great Northern war and the heroism of the sailors in the defense of the Hanko Peninsula at the beginning of the Great Patriotic voyny.V 1991 the church again given to the diocese, with the baptism of 1994 restoration of the facades and domes was made regular bogosluzheniya.V 2002-2003. In 2007, the restoration of the mural in the church.