Holy Places

Smolny Cathedral Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

On 30 October 1748, Empress Elizabeth I ordered to found the Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Construction lasted for about a century. Architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli started to build it in 1748 and went on till 1763. His work was continued by architect Vasily Stasov from 1832 to 1835. Compositionally, it was a cross-type complex. Fo...

St. Alexander Nevsky Church Russia · Pereslavl-Zalessky

St. Vladimir's Cathedral and St. Alexander's Church were built by Pereslavl merchant F. Ugrumov in the 1740s and situated within the Sretensky Novodevichy Convent. In the second half of the 18th century, following the abolishment of Pereslavl Diocese, the modest abode was shut down, while its temples were turned into simple parish churches. I...

St. Andrew's Cathedral Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

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St. Andrew's Church Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

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St. Andronik's Monastery, Andronikov Monastery Russia · Moscow

St. Andronik's Monastery of the Saviour was founded in about 1360 and dedicated to the Image of Edessa. Within the Monastery's area the 15th-century Saviour Cathedral is situated. It is the oldest sample of Russian stone architecture, which has survived till our days. St. Andronik's Monastery is placed on the abrupt bank of the Yauza River, wher...

St. Anne's Church Europe · Hungary · Budapest

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St. Burchard's Abbey Europe · Germany · Wurzburg

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St. Charles's Church, Karlskirche Europe · Austria · Vienna

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St. Demetrius Cathedral Russia · Vladimir

St. Demetrius Cathedral was constructed in 1194–1197 under Grand Prince Vsevolod III the Big Nest as a palace church in the honour of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, the prince's heavenly patron, and on the occasion of the birth of his son Dmitry (Demetrius). The church carries the idea of glorifying the might of the Vladimir region and of Vsevol...