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Church of Our Lady of Vladimir


Categories / Architecture/Architectural Monuments/Religious Architecture (see also Religion.Church)
Categories / Religion. Church/Places of Worship (see also Architecture and Urban Planning)

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. Trezzini, replacing the wooden church of the same name (1747). The five-dome church includes the Upper Church of Our Lady of Vladimir, which is unheated, and the Lower, heated, Church of St. John of Damascus. In 1791, architect G. Quarenghi completed the construction of a separately standing double-tiered bell tower. In 1830-31, a vestibule (architect A. I. Melnikov) was constructed, in 1850-53 - a chapel and fence was added (architect F. I. Rusca), in 1883-85 side annexes (architect A. L. Golm) were also constructed. The church treasures the 18th century Baroque iconostasis that in 1808 was brought from the church of the Anichkov Palace. In 1887-88, the church was restored. It was here that some of the celebrations in honour of nine-hundredth anniversary of the Christening of the Rus took place. From 1865, the charitable society of Church of Our Lady of Vladimir functioned here as did an orphanage and a women’s alms-house. In 1828 the burial service over Arina Rodionovna (nanny of Alexander Pushkin) took place here. In the last years of his life Fedor Dostoevsky was a parishioner of the church. In 1932, the Church of Our Lady of Vladimir was closed down and the building was taken over by the Lenmashuchet Factory. In 1989, the church was returned to the faithful and restored. Since May 2000, it has had the status of a cathedral. The names of Vladimirsky Avenue and Vladimirskaya Square originate from the Church of Our Lady of Vladimir (Vladimirskaya Church).

References: Вирославский Н. М. Описание церкви во имя Божией Матери Владимирской иконы (что в придворных слободах). СПб., 1876; Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл. СПб., 1994. Т. 1. С. 148-151.

V. V. Antonov.

Persons
Arina Rodionovna (see Yakovleva A.R.)
Dostoevsky Fedor Mikhailovich
Holm Alexander Lvovich
Melnikov Avraam Ivanovich
Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich
Quarenghi Giacomo
Rusca (Rusco) Franz Ivanovich
Trezzini Pietro Antonio
Yakovleva Arina Rodionovna

Addresses
Vladimirsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 20

Bibliographies
Вирославский Н. М. Описание церкви во имя Божией Матери Владимирской иконы (что в придворных слободах). СПб., 1876
Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл. СПб., 1994

The subject Index
Baroque
Neoclassicism
Anichkov Palace

Chronograph
1760


Kolokolnaya Street

KOLOKOLNAYA STREET, located between Vladimirsky Avenue and Marata Street. Constructed in the 1740s according to a project by the St. Petersburg Construction Commission

Kuznechny Lane

KUZNECHNY LANE, connects Zagorodny Avenue and Vladimirskaya Square with Ligovsky Avenue. In the 1740s, this territory was settled by blacksmiths serving the court. In the 1760s, the Church of Our Lady of Vladimir was erected along the street

Vladimirskaya Square

VLADIMIRSKAYA SQUARE, in 1739 - Torgovaya Square, in 1923-50 - Nakhimsona Square after revolutionary S. M. Nakhimson (1885-1918). The square is bounded by Zagorodny Avenue, Vladimirsky Avenue, Kuznechny Lane, Kolokolnaya Street

Vladimirsky Avenue

VLADIMIRSKY AVENUE, a part of Liteiny Avenue in 1739-1860 also named Vladimirskaya Street from the late 18th century and Nakhimsona Avenue in 1918-44. It runs between Vladimirskaya Square and Nevsky Avenue