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Domestic Chapel (entry)
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Dutch Reformed Church
DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, located at 20 Nevsky Prospeсt. A monument of classicist architecture. It was erected in 1831-34 (architect P.P. Jacot). The facade of the church is decorated with a Corinthian portico containing a high relief in the tympanum
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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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Edinovertsy
EDINOVERTSY, (singular edinoverets) Orthodox believers that have preserved "old" rites and devotions (which existed before the reforms of Nikon), but who are subordinated to the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox church
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English Church of Jesus Christ
ENGLISH CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, located at 56 Angliiskaya Embankment, was established in 1723 by members of the English community in the house of the Sheremetev family on the Bolshaya Neva River Embankment, rented by them
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Estonian Church of St. John the Baptist
ESTONIAN CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, located at 54 Dekabristov St., is an architectural monument. The church was erected in 1859-63 (architect K.K. Ziegler, after the project design by G.A
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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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Feofan (Feofan Prokopovich (1681-1736), statesman and church figure, writer
FEOFAN/THEOPHAN (lay name Eleazar Prokopovich) (1681-1736, St. Petersburg), church figure. He studied at Kiev Theological Academy (until 1698), then at colleges of Vladimir-Volynsky
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Gapon G. A. (1870-1906), priest, security agent
GAPON Georgy Apollonovich (1870-1906, station Ozerki on the outskirts of St. Petersburg), priest, political figure. Gapon graduated from St. Petersburg Spiritual Academy (1903). He lived in St
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Gavriil (Petrov) (1730-1801), Metropolitan of Nivgorod and St. Petersburg 1770-99
GAVRIIL (lay name Petr Petrovich Petrov-Shaposhnikov) (1730-1801), Church figure, honorary member (1776) and full member (1783) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He graduated from the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy in Moscow (1754)
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Glubokovsky N.N. (1863-1937), theologian
GLUBOKOVSKY Nikolay Nikanorovich (1863-1937), church historian, theologian, Doctor of Theology (1897), corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1909)
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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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Grigory (Chukov) (1870-1955), Metropolitan
GRIGORY (born Nikolay Kirillovich Chukov) (1870-1955), religious figure. After graduating from St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1895, he took the post of the eparchial superintendent for theological schools of Olonets Eparchy
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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 Annunciation Church (Truda Square)
HOLY ANNUNCIATION CHURCH, on Truda Square, was erected for the Cavalry Life-Guards' Regiment in 1844-49 according to the designs of architect K. A. Ton and decorated in the Italian-Byzantine style
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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 Malaya Okhta
HOLY ASSUMPTION CHURCH ON MALAYA OKHTA, located at 68a Malookhtinsky Avenue. Was funded by public donations in 1996-2001 (architect F. K. Romanovsky) on the territory of the former Malookhtinskoe сemetery in memory of Leningrad citizens who died
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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 Face Church of the Court Stables
HOLY FACE CHURCH OF THE COURT STABLES, located at 1 Konyushennaya Square, an architectural monument. Originally built of wood, in 1737 it was relocated to a stone building of the Court Stables and placed above its main Gate; along with the building
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Holy Resurrection Cathedral, (Spas-na-Krovi)
HOLY RESURRECTION CATHEDRAL, (SPAS-NA-KROVI "Church of Our Saviour on the Blood", located at 2a Griboedova Canal Embankment, a church constructed in 1883-1907 (architects A. A
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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 in Krasnoe Selo
HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL in Krasnoe Selo, located at 108 Lenina Avenue, an architectural monument in the Baroque style of the reign of Anna Ioannovna. It was built in 1733-35 (architect I. Y. Blank)
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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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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
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