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Archangel Michael Cathedral

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CATHEDRAL, located at 61 Dvortsovy Avenue, Lomonosov. A monument of Neo-Russian architecture built in 1911-14 (architect A.K. Minyaev) to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty

Brotherhood of Sobriety Dedicated to Alexander Nevsky

ALL-RUSSIAN BROTHERHOOD OF SOBRIETY DEDICATED TO ALEXANDER NEVSKY was formed in 1898 on the initiative of A. V. Rozhdestvensky (1872-1905), senior priest of the Holy Resurrection Church on Obvodny Canal Embankment as a Society Against National

Charity (entry)

CHARITY, philanthropic activities, aimed at extending aid to the needy and carried out by social and church organisations, state establishments, as well as by private persons for religious, moral and humane reasons (public and private charity)

Clerics of Novgorod and St. Petersburg (general article)

RULING CLERICS, members of the upper church hierarchy in the St. Petersburg Eparchy, consisting of bishops, archbishops and metropolitans. The Eparchy was known as the Eparchy of St. Petersburg and Schliesselburg (1742-70), St

Diocesan Congregation in the Name of the Mother of God

DIOCESAN CONGREGATION IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER OF GOD was established in St. Petersburg in 1884 on the initiative of Arseny (Bryantsev), Bishop of Vyborg, with the purpose of propagating religious and moral education among the public and of

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

Ignaty (Bryanchaninov) (1807-1867), Orthodox Saint

IGNATY (born Dmitry Alexandrovich Bryanchaninov) (1807-1867), religious figure, theologian and spiritual writer. In 1822-26, he studied at the Central Engineering College of St. Petersburg, during this time he often visited the house A.N

Society for Religious and Moral Education

SOCIETY FOR RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION, a religious educational organization. It was founded in 1881 in response to the murder of Emperor Alexander II by a member of People’s Will (Narodnaya Volya) organization with the aim of "asserting and

SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Peterhof

SS. PETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL IN PETERHOF, located at 4/ 32 Sankt-Peterburgsky Avenue, Petrodvorets. An architectural monument in the Russian style. The construction project was ordered by Emperor Alexander III and commissioned by the Ministry of the