Ioann of Kronshtadt Monastery (Saint Petersburg)

Chapel of St. Spyridon of Trimythous Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

In 1807, in his Strelna Palace residence, Emperor Alexander I formed the Imperial Police Battalion consisting of citizens of the palace villages, mainly Finns. In 1811, it was reorganised as the Finnish Guard Regiment. The Regiment distinguished itself in the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. After the war was finished, it was quartered in 65 Bolshoy Aven...

Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

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Alexander Nevsky Lavra (Monastery) Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The history has seen two ways in which monasteries emerge: the first way is when monastic abodes develop by themselves, in desolate locations, based on "monastic feats" of saintly hermits; the other way is when monasteries are created by devote Christians, largely near cities or towns, as church fortresses to protect and extend the Christian faith ...