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The subject index / Greek Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica

Greek Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica


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

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. Kuzmin). The iconostasis, icons and the church chandelier were done in Greece; paintings were performed by P. M. Shamshin and K. L. Bramson. The church with three side-chapels, a large lantern dome drum and a bell tower could hold 1,000 people. The burial-vault of the Benardaki family was located in the crypt. The church was subordinated to the Greek Embassy, priests from Greece served in the church (services were held in Greek and Slavonic). In the summer of 1938 the Greek Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica was closed down and in 1962 destroyed. Oktyabrsky Concert Hall was built in its place.

References: Краткий исторический очерк Греческой посольской церкви в Петрограде. Пг., 1915; Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл. СПб., 1994. Т. 1. С. 175-177.

V. V. Antonov.

Persons
Benardaki Dmitry Egorovich
Bramson Konstantin Lyudvigovich
Kuzmin Roman Ivanovich
Shamshin Peter Mikhailovich

Addresses
Ligovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 6

Bibliographies
Краткий исторический очерк Греческой посольской церкви в Петрограде. Пг., 1915
Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл. СПб., 1994

Chronograph
1866


Russian Style

RUSSIAN STYLE. A trend in Russian architecture of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, based on using methods and shapes of ancient and traditional Russian art and architecture. The Russian style emerged out of the aesthetics of Romanticism