Smolensk church

Smolensk church Smolensk church, one of the oldest Orthodox churches in St. Petersburg.
She was laid back in 1758, became involved in the construction are now Saint Xenia of Petersburg. The church was built in the style of Russian classicism, it is a rectangular building with a two-tiered bell tower, painted in blue tsvet.Oblik it does not change much over time, but added new limits. Like most churches, before the war it was closed, despite the fact that it suffered one of the most famous Russian icon Our Lady of Kazan-mother; in 1947 it was returned to the congregation. Now its rector, Archpriest V. Moscow.

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