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...
Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg
The Chapel was built in 1907, upon the design by architect Alfred Parland. It was consecrated on 27 April 1908.
In November 1930, the Chapel was shut down....
Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg
In 1740, St. Andrew's Cathedral was still constructed of wood and not heated at that time. Parishioners thoroughly explained how inconvenient it was to hold services at the church during the winter and asked Empress Anna of Russia to build a heated, stone church near the existing one.
By imperial order, the foundations of the Church of the Three...