Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg
From 1712 to 1714, a wooden church dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel was built at the place of the present church. Peter the Great ordered to construct it in honour of the Name Day of his eldest daughter Anna Petrovna. After it became dilapidated, Tsarina Anna Ivanovna ordered to build a new stone church.
In 1731, architect Mikhail Zemtsov ...
Russia · Moscow
Danilov Monastery, the first one in Moscow, was founded by Saint Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow. He was the youngest son of Saint Blessed Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky, who was renowned for his deeds for Church and State, and his wife Righteous Princess Vassa.
St. Daniel was born in 1261 in Vladimir-on-Klyazma, the capital of the great Vladimir...