Cathedral

Cathedral of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin

The Cathedral of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin (also known as the Church of the Saviour on Hay) was built in the Haymarket (1753–65). The church had two main side-chapels – Chapel of the Three Pre...

Old Trinity Cathedral

Peter the Great issued a decree on the construction of a church “as a sign of thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity of God” (1703). First wooden church built on the site (1709–11). Expanded with the addit...

St Sergius of Radonezh Cathedral

Also known as the Artillery Cathedral. Built by architect Johann Jakob Schumacher for the masters of the neighbouring Cannon Foundry and Artillery Sloboda (1744–46). Replaced with a new church by arch...

St Peter and St Paul Cathedral

Built by Domenico Trezzini (1712–33) on the site of a wooden church of the same name (1703–04). Central seat of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city (until 1859). Three-tier bell-tower (height 122....

St Nicholas Naval Cathedral

Built on St Nicholas’ Square planned by architect Pyotr Yeropkin (first half of 18th century). Two-storey church with separately standing four-tier bell-tower was built by architect Savva Chevakinsky...

St Isaac’s Cathedral

St Isaac’s Cathedral was built and rebuilt four times over the first 150 years of the history of St Petersburg. The first wooden church was laid on the birthday of Peter the Great (30 May Old Style),...

St Andrew’s Cathedral

Peter the Great commissioned Swedish architect Nicodemus Tessin to design a cathedral for the Order of St Andrew (1724). Originally intended to be built on the spit of Vasilyevsky Island. Tessin prep...

Prince Vladimir Cathedral

The first place of worship in the “Mokrushki” district – a low-lying area subject to flooding – on Petersburg Island was a wooden Church of St Nicholas (1708). Replaced by the Dormition Cathedral (17...

Kazan Cathedral

The original Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built from stone with a high bell-tower by Mikhail Zemtsov on Nevsky Prospekt (1733–37). Consecrated in the presence of Empress Anna Ioannovna. M...

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