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...
Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg
The guides on St. Petersburg that mention St. Isidore's Church usually emphasise that the Church is an Estonian one. Historically, it is true. In the early 20th century, St. Petersburg's Estonian Orthodox diaspora numbered around 4,000 people, becoming increasingly united. Two events in 1898 contributed to this: the final canonisation of Hieromarty...
Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg
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