Vysokopetrovsky Monastery, High Monastery of St. Peter (Moscow)

Notre Dame de Lourdes Roman Catholic Church Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Before the 1917 Russian Revolution, approximately 3,700 French Catholics lived in St. Petersburg. As a rule, they prayed in St. Catherine's Church in Nevsky Avenue. As far back as the 1860s, the French Embassy intended to build a church for its compatriots. At the same time, architect Nicholas Benois designed a Gothic building. However, only as lat...

Roman Catholic Church of St. Catherine Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

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Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The Cathedral has a long history starting from the first years of St. Petersburg's existence. Coachmen, who were settled by Peter I on the banks of the Liga River (formerly, the Black River) in the newly founded capital, did not have a church. Upon a petition by coachmen Vasily Fedotov, Peter Kusov and their friends, archmandrite Theodosius ordered...