Walks around Saint-Petersburg#42.

In St. Petersburg on Konyushennaya Square (the central part of the city not far from Dvortsovaya Square) one can see another religious and architectural monument - the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands. The Savior-Stables church is usually called this Orthodox church.

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Originally, in this place in 1737, according to the project of architect Domenico Trezzini, a wooden church building was built. At the behest of Empress Anna Ioannovna from Byzantium brought the image of the Savior, the Holy Shroud and the icon of the Sign.
Already in 1746, at the direction of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, the church building was rebuilt into a stone church.
By the beginning of the 19th century the old temple no longer met the new requirements of the city's appearance. Therefore, in 1816-1817, the church was rebuilt for a public account by the architect Stasov. The construction was completed in 1823. In 1826, on the first floor, a "sad chariot" was installed, on which the body of Emperor Alexander the First was brought here.
On February 1, 1837, the funeral of the great Russian poet Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin was held in this church.
March 2, 1857 in the church was a requiem for the deceased in Berlin, the Russian composer Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.

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After the Great October Socialist Revolution, the church was closed. In 1923 it housed a horse police club, and a few years later - the department of the Institute Hydroproject. The toilet was placed in the altar of the former temple.

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In 1990, the building was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church and restored. The first divine service was held on July 12, 1991.

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You met one more monument of architecture of St. Petersburg - the Savior-Stables church.
I wait for you on the following walks around the city.