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Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл. СПб., 1994
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra
ALEXANDER NEVSKY LAVRA, located at 1 Alexander Nevsky Square. The monastery dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St. Alexander Nevsky. It was founded in 1710 by Tsar Peter the Great at the confluence of the Chernaya River (today the Monastyrka River)
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Cathedral of Prince St. Vladimir
CATHEDRAL OF PRINCE ST. VLADIMIR, (Dobrolyubova Avenue, 26 Blokhina Street), an architectural monument in a transitional style from Baroque to Classicism. The Cathedral is located on the so-called mokrushi, soggy, regularly flooded lowland
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Cathedral of the Renewal of the Jerusalem Holy Resurrection Temple
CATHEDRAL OF THE RENEWAL OF THE JERUSALEM HOLY RESURRECTION TEMPLE, Smolny Сathedral, the Cathedral For All Educational Establishments, located at 1 Rastrelli Square. Monument of Baroque architecture
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Church of Our Lady of Vladimir
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF VLADIMIR, located at 20 Vladimirsky Avenue. An architectural monument in a transition style merging Baroque with Classicism. The church was constructed on a trade square in 1761-69, presumably to the project of architect P. A
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Church of St. Elijah the Prophet
CHURCH OF ST. ELIJAH THE PROPHET at Porokhovye, 75 Revolyutsii Highway, an architectural monument of the Classicist style, built in 1781-85 (the architect is unknown)
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Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
CHURCH OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS, located at 128 Ligovsky Avenue. An architectural monument. Constructed in 1747-49, in the Baroque style (architect I. Y. Schumacher). It replaced the wooden Church of St
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Church of the Holy Sign
CHURCH OF THE HOLY SIGN in Tsarskoe Selo (2a Sadovaya Street, Pushkin), an architectural monument in the Baroque style of the reign of Anna Ioannovna. It was built according to the plans of architect M. G. Zemtsov with the assistance of I. Y
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Descent of the Holy Spirit Church
DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH, located at 3 Bolsheokhtinsky Avenue, was constructed in Bolshaya Okhta in 1838-44 in the late Empire style (the architect is unknown), replacing the ramshackle Church of Holy Trinity, built in 1729-31 (architect M
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"Easter Сake"
EASTER CAKE, located at 235 Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue, common name for the Holy Trinity Church (after the peculiar shape of the rotunda church with a pyramid belfry), built in 1785-90 in the style of High Classicism by architect N. A. Lvov
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Feodor Cathedral
FEODOR CATHEDRAL, the Cathedral of the Icon of Our Lady Feodorovskaya, located at 1b Tovarny Lane. The cathedral in the style of the 17th century churches of Rostov Veliky (civil engineer S. S
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Greek Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica
GREEK CHURCH OF ST. DEMETRIUS OF THESSALONICA, located at 6 Ligovsky Avenue, commissioned by entrepreneur D. I. Benardaki for the needs of the Greek community of St. Petersburg. It was constructed in 1861-65, in the Byzantine style (architect R. I
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Holy Annunciation Church (Eighth Line of Vasilievsky Island)
HOLY ANNUNCIATION CHURCH located at 67 Eighth Line of Vasilievsky Island. An architectural monument in the Baroque style. The stone two-storeyed church was built in 1750-72, financed by merchants I. S. Chirkin and I. I
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Holy Ascension Church
HOLY ASCENSION CHURCH located at 34a Voznesensky Avenue. An architectural monument constructed in 1755-69 (architects A. F. Wist and A. Rinaldi) in a transitional style merging Baroque with Classicism
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Holy Assumption Church on Sennaya Square
HOLY ASSUMPTION CHURCH ON SENNAYA SQUARE, (common name - Saviour Church on Sennaya Square). The first wooden church, Procession of Holy Cross, was moved to Sennaya Square from Vyborgskaya Side in 1753
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Holy Resurrection Church
HOLY RESURRECTION CHURCH, located at 116 Obvodny Canal Embankment, an architectural monument. The church was commissioned by Society for Religious and Moral Education, constructed in 1904-08 to the designs of architect G. D
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Holy Transfiguration Cathedral
HOLY TRANSFIGURATION CATHEDRAL, located at 1 Preobrazhenskaya Square. An architectural monument construction by order of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna (architect M. G
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Holy Trinity & St. Sergius Hermitage
HOLY TRINITY & ST. SERGIUS HERMITAGE, a seaside Holy Trinity & St. Sergius Hermitage, located at 15 Peterburgskoe Highway. A monastery founded in 1732 by Archimandrite Varlaam (Vysotsky) on the 19th verst of the Peterhof highway on the location of a
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Holy Trinity and St Peter's Cathedral
HOLY TRINITY AND ST PETER'S CATHEDRAL, located at Troitskaya Square. An 18th century architectural monument. The first wooden church on this place was built in 1709-11, by order of Tsar Peter the Great
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Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra
HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, located at 1 Monastyrka River Embankment, is an architectural monument of the late Classicism style. Its location in the centre of the Lavra ensemble
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Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment
HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL OF THE IZMAILOVSKY LIFE GUARDS REGIMENT located at 7a Izmailovsky Avenue, is an architectural monument in the late Classicist style. A regimental church of the Izmailovsky Life Guard Regiment
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Holy Trinity Church
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, located at the corner of Sredny Avenue of Vasilievsky Island and Nalichnaya Street. Constructed in 1792, (architect Y. Perren) during the reconstruction of Galernaya Harbour
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Holy Virgin Intercession Church
HOLY VIRGIN INTERCESSION CHURCH, (Turgeneva Square), constructed on parish donations in Bolshaya Kolomna in 1798-1812 in the style of high Classicism (architect I. E. Starov)
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Kazan Cathedral
KAZAN CATHEDRAL, Our Lady of Kazan Сathedral (2 Kazanskaya Square). A monument of Classical architecture. In 1733-1737, the three sided stone Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, with a high bell tower, stood on this spot (architect M.G
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Monasteries (entry)
MONASTERIES, there were four monasteries in Petrograd (two women’s convents and two men’s monasteries) by 1917, and 42 metochions, which functioned according to monastery regulations
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Nativity of Our Lord Church
NATIVITY OF OUR LORD CHURCH, located at Sixth Sovetskaya Street, at the corner of Krasnoborsky Lane, constructed in Peski in 1781-88 in the style of high Classicism (architect P. E
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Novodevichy Convent
NOVODEVICHY CONVENT OF HOLY RESURRECTION, located at 100 Moskovsky Avenue. An architectural monument. It was established in 1845 by order of Emperor Nicholas I, who decided to recreate the abolished Smolny Convent on a new location
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Our Lady’s Church of Joy for All Who Sorrow
OUR LADY’S CHURCH OF JOY FOR ALL WHO SORROW, located at 24 Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue, was built in 1894-98 in the Muscovite style (architects A.I. von Gogen and A.V
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Our Lady’s Church of Joy for All Who Sorrow
OUR LADY’S CHURCH OF JOY FOR ALL WHO SORROW, located at 35a Shpalernaya Street. Constructed in 1817-18, in a late Classicist style (architect L. Rusca), replacing the Holy Resurrection Church built in 1711 at the palace of Tsarina Natalya Alexeevna
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Presentation of the Holy Virgin Cathedral
PRESENTATION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN CATHEDRAL, located on Zagorodny Avenue, is now the park between buildings 45 and 47, the regimental church (since 1913 a cathedral) of the Semenovsky Life Guard Regiment
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Presentation of the Holy Virgin Church
PRESENTATION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN CHURCH, located at Vvedenskaya Street on the corner of Bolshaya Pushkarskaya Street. Constructed in 1793-1810 (architect I. M. Leim) in the Classicist style
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