Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Saint Petersburg, Russia Christianity
Saint Petersburg’s principal Orthodox monastery and a major pilgrimage centre for the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky.
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7 Sacred Places
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Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
Saint Petersburg, Russia Christianity
A landmark memorial church built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was mortally wounded in 1881.
Datsan Gunzechoinei
Saint Petersburg, Russia Buddhism
A historic Buddhist temple in Saint Petersburg, founded through the efforts of Buryat lama Agvan Dorzhiev and completed in 1915.
Grand Choral Synagogue of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, Russia Judaism
One of Russia’s most important historic synagogues and the religious centre of the Jewish community of Saint Petersburg.
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, Russia Christianity
A major active Orthodox cathedral built to house a revered copy of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia Christianity
The historic cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress and the principal imperial burial church of the Romanov dynasty.
St. Isaac’s Cathedral
Saint Petersburg, Russia Christianity
A monumental 19th-century cathedral and one of Saint Petersburg’s defining religious landmarks.