Сhurches and Сathedrals

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...

It is the oldest Lutheran church of St. Petersburg, rovestnitsa city, built in 1704. originally built in the fortress, and then double-tolerated. The current view has gained in 1775 (architect project. Yuri Felten). Being out in the open, the church was turned at once to two streets. Jury Felten created two almost equally important end facade. Overlooking the street Furshtatskuyu northern facade is the apse with the Ionic colonnade, with a small dome on a hexagonal drum. The southern facade...

The cathedral was erected on the draft V. Stasov in 1829 on the site of an earlier temple, in turn, built at the behest of the Empress Elizabeth to commemorate the accession to the throne e1 via saldat and officers of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment. Under the Emperor Paul I, the cathedral received the honorary title of “Cathedral whole Guard.” In 1825-1829 it was rebuilt in its present form after a fire. Architectural classicism style. Cathedral has never been closed for...

In 1907, to commemorate the approaching 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, it was decided to build a cathedral in the capital, reminiscent of pre-Petrine temples of the Upper Volga. A to this courtyard since the 13th century belonged to the eponymous male monastyryu.Hram erected in 1911-1913 in honor of trёhsotletiya the reign of the Romanov dynasty. The lower church was built in honor of the famous representative of the Rurik dynasty, Alexander Nevsky, the upper temple is dedicated to...

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,...

Founded with the blessing of the rights. John of Kronstadt. The building monastery and St. John the Theologian Church when it was designed and erected in 1894 by the diocesan architect Nikolai Nikitich Nikonov. For a sample of the architect took Yaroslavl churches of the XVII century. For frequently served zdest about. John of Kronstadt on the second floor guest quarters were built. After the revolution, in 1920-30, under the guise of the parish, there actually existed a convent that remained...