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Adrian (Blinsky) (1722 - 1812), hieromonk, clergy figure
Adrian, a hieromonk (in schema named Adrian; in the world - Vasily Ioannovich Blinsky; 1722 - 1812), a zealot of godliness, the superior of the Konevets Monastery. He was born in a noble family, early became an orphan and was disinherited.... more
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Aleksiy Compassion Society
Aleksiy Compassion Society, it was one of the biggest in the Eparchy of St Petersburg. Aleksiy Compassion Society was founded on the basis of the complex of the charitable establishments and the community of nurses which were organized... more
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Antony (Bochkov) (1803-1872), hegumen, clergy figure
Antony (Aleksey Polikarpovich Bochkov; 1803-1872), a hegumen, clergy figure, ecclesiastical writers. He studied in a private boarding school, took part in literary life. In the 1820s he often went to Revel; he published some essays, two stories... more
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Cheremenetsky Monastery of St. John the Theologian
The Cheremenetsky Monastery of St. John the Theologian (the locality of Cheremenets, the Luga district). The monastery was founded in 1478 according to the order of Ioann III on an island of Cheremenetsky Lake. In the second half of the 16th... more
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Edinoverie
Edinoverie (E.), union of the Old Belivers with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) on the basis of the hierarchy obedience of the Old Belivers to ROC with preservation of the Old Belivers order of services and ceremonies which were formed... more
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Eparchy of Saint Petersburg
Eparchy of Saint Petersburg , territorial-administrative unit of ROC (Russian Orthodox Church). It was established according to the order of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna on 1 September 1742, before it was territorially included into the Novgorod... more
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Eparhy of Vyborg and Finland
The Eparchy of Vyborg and Finland. In 1809 Finland was included into the Russian Empire. There were about twenty five thousand members of the Orthodox Church (the majority of members was in the Ladoga rigion) in sixteen parishes of Finland in... more
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Eparhy of Korelia
Eparchy of Korelia (Korelian and Oreshsky/Oreshkovsky Eparchy; according to other names - Korelian and Koporsky). It was founded in 1595 after Tyavzinsky Treaty of Peace with Sweden when the town of Korela (now the town of Priozersk) was given back... more
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Eparhy of Novgorod
Eparhy of Novgorod. It is one of the oldest eparchies in Russia (it has been being since 992). The eparchy was the largest, it included five administrative regions (pyatinas) as well as the Pskov, Onega Lake, Karelia lands and the region of the... more
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Eparhy of Olonets and Kargopol
The Eparchy of Olonets and Kargopol. Othodox monasteries and churches of the Olonets region (the territories of present-day Korelia, partly of the Vologda and Leningrad Regions) were originally included into the Eparchy of Novgorod. The foundation... more
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Fyodor (Fyodor Ilyuch Polzikov) (1756-1822), clergy figure, schemamonk
Fyodor (Fyodor Ilyuch Polzikov; Filimon after taking of monastic vows; 1756-1822), a schemamonk, a zealot of godliness. In 1782 Fyodor went into a monastery in secret from his family, in 1784 he was taken the monastic vows by Venerable Paisius... more
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Gavriil (Petrov-Shaposhnikov) (1730-1801), metropolitan, clergy figure
Gavriil (Petr Petrovich Petrov-Shaposhnikov; 1730-1803), a metropolitan, clergy figure. P.P. Petrov-Shaposhnikov was born in the famoly of a priest, in 1753 he was graduated from the Slave-Greek-Latin Academy in Moscow. Since 1754 he worked in the... more
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Gornostayev, Aleksey Maksimovich (1808 - 1862), an architect
Aleksey Maksimovich Gornostayev (1808 - 1862), an architect, a founder of the national line in the Russian arcitecture. In 1834 he was certified at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, then he spent 4 years in the West Europe. In 1838 Gornostayev... more
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Gostinopolsky Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
The Gostinopolye Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. It was located on the right bank of the Volkhov River to the south from the present-day village of Veltsa of the Volkhov district (the terrain feature of Nicholas pogost). The monastery... more
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Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Aleksandr of Svir, the
The Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Alexander of Svir (the village of Staraya Sloboda/ Svirskoye, the Lodeynoye Pole district). The monastery was founded by Venerable Alexander Svirsky. In 1484 he settled in a forest area nearby the Svir River in... more
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Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Antony Dymsky, the
The Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Anthony Dymsky (the settlement of Bronevik, the Boksitogorsk district) is one of the ancientest in the Saint Petersburg eparchy. It was founded by Venerable Anthony Dymsky (according to a version of the... more
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Ignaty (Bryanchaninov) (1807-1867), sainted hierach, clergy figure
Ignaty (Dmitry Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov; 1807-1867), an ecclesiastical writer, theologian, sainted hierach. Dmitry Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov studied in the Main Engineering College in St. Petersburg from 1822 untill 1827. He was in the first... more
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Iov (? -1716), metropolitan, clergy figure
Iov (middle of the 17th c. – 1716), the Metropolitan of Novgorod, clergy figure. He was from the ecclesiastical circle of Nizhny Novgorod by birth. He was professed as a monk in the Holy Trinity-St Sergius Monastery in youth . From 1690 he was... more
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Isidor (Nikolsky), (1729 - 1892), metropolitan, clergy figure
Isidor (Nikolsky Iakov Sergeyevich; 1799–1892), the Metropolitan.He was borne in the deacon family. He graduated from the ecclesiastical college and the seminary in Tula (1821), then he graduated from the ecclesiastical academy in St Petersburg... more
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Israel (Andreyev) (1793-1884), archimandrite, clergy figure
Israel (Ivan Andreyev; 1793, the village of Putilovo of the Shlisselburg uyezd - 1884, Konevets Island ), an archimandrite, clergy figure. Ivan Andreyev was born in the family of a sexton. From 1829 he was a monastic novice of the Valaam... more
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Kolokolov Aleksy Petrovich (1836-1902), priest, clergy figure
Kolokolov Aleksy Petrovich (1836-1902), clergy figure, philanthropist, preacher. He was burne in the priest family, in the village of Prusynskaya Gorka of Novoladozhsky Region. In 1857 he graduated from the St Alexander Nevsky Ecclesiastical... more
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Konevets Munastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
The Konevets Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Konevets island, the Priozersk district). It is located in the southern part of the Konevets Island in seven kilometres from the West shore of Ladoga Lake. The monastery was founded in... more
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Krichinsky, Stepan Samoylovich (1874 -1923), an architect
Stepan Samoylovich Krichinsky (1874 -1923), an architect. In 1897 Krichinsky graduated from the Civil Engineers Institute in St. Petersburg. From 1900 he was an architect, then chief architect of the Board of the Frontier Troops Separate Corps. He... more
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Lintulsky Convent of the Holy Trinity
The Lintula Convent of the Holy Trinity (the settlement of Ogonki, the Vyborg distrikt). It was the first convent in Finland. The convent was founded by the privy Councillor F.P. Neronov in 1894 in the estate Lintula bought for this aim. The wooden... more
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Makary (1482-1563), metropolitan, clergy figure
Makary (1482–1563), metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, spiritual writer, in the world в миру he was Mikhail Leontyevich. He was professed as a monk during his yoth in the Pafnuty-Borovskoy Monastery. From 1523 he was the archimandrite of the... more
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Medvedsky Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
The Medvedkovo Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (the town of Staraya Ladoga). It was founded not later than in the 15th century on the left bank of the Volkhov River on the peninsula nearby the river mouth. The terrain feature of... more
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Military Orthodox churches
Military Orthodox churches began to organize in Saint Petersburg in the beginning of the 18th c chiefly as field churches. In 1800 the post of the military ober-priest was introduced by the order of Paul I (later it was named the arch-presbuter... more
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Monastery of St.Basil, the
The Monastery of St.Basil (the village of Chernavino, the Volkhov district). The Monastery of St.Basil was founded before 1555, the church was devoted to Saint Basil the Great. In the 1580s the monastery was brought in ruins. According to the... more
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Old Belief
Old Belief. The movement of the Russian Orthodox (Old Belivers, ""schimatics"") having the rites which existed before the reforms of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Patriarch Nikon (the middle of the 17th c). Old Belief are divided into the Popovtsy... more
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Orthodox monasteries
The Othodox monasteries. The oldest monasteries located on the territory of the Leningrad Oblast - the Monastery of the Dormition, the Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Zastenny Monastery of St. George in Ladoga were founded... more
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Pimen (Gavrilov) (1828/1829 - 1910), archimandrite, clergy figure
Pimen (Pyotr Gavrilov, 1828 (29?) – 1910, Konevets Island ), archimandrite, clergy figure, spiritual writer. In 1852 he entered the Valaam Monastery, in 1858 he was professed as a monk, in 1861 he became a priest. He knew five foreign languages ... more
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Russian-Estonian deanary
Russian-Estonian deanary. People of the Baltic States were originally baptized by the Orthodox Church, from 13th с they were converted in Catholicism, from 16th с they were converted in Lutheran. In 1841 the Estonia peasants began to convert... more
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Senno Holy Trinity Skete
The Senno holy Trinity Skete (the village of Senno, the Boksitogorsk district). It is probably, in the the 16th century the church of Sts. Florian and Laurus was built in the village of Senno. The church was included into the Kolbetsky Pogost. In... more
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Staraya Ladoga Dormition Convent, the
The Staraya Ladoga Dormition Convent (the Volkhov district, the village of Staraya Ladoga) is one the most ancient monasteries in the St. Petersburg Eparchy. It was presumably founded in the first quarter of the 12th century as a prince's convent... more
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Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. John the Precurser
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the Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. John the Precurser (Ivansky, Ivanovsky). It was founded on Malysheva Mountain (the northern part of Ladoga Lake) probably by Clement , the archbishop of Novgorod (he governed the eparchy during... more
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Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
The Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Nikolsky; the village of Staraya Ladoga). On a local legend the monastery was founded in the 13th century in honour of the victory of Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky in the Neva battle. ... more
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Storozhensky St. Nicholas Monastery of St. Cyprian
The Storozhensky St. Nicholas Monastery of St. Cyprian (the village of Storozhno, the Volkhov district). The middle of the 16th century is considered the time of the foundation of the monastery on the Storozhensky Cape of the Zagubsky Peninsula. ... more
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Temples of the Clement parish (Novaya Ladoga Town)
Temples of the Clement parish (Novaya Ladoga Town, 41 Karl Marx Prospekt). In the town of Staraya Ladoga from the 12th century there were the stone cathedral of St. Clement (built in 1153) and the church of Our Saviour (built during 1159-1161)... more
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Tervenichi Convent of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary
The Tervenichi Convent of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary (the Lodeynoye Pole district, the village of Tervenichi, 30 Nagornaya Street). It was founded in 1997 on the place of a grave-yard (it was firstly mentioned in 1137) which was named... more
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The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (Luga Town)
The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (Luga Town, 27 Gagarin Street). The church was built during 1901-1904 to the design of the architect N.G. Kudryavtsev who presented the relic a cross with the particles of the Life-giving Tree and... more
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The Transfiguration Cathedral (Tikhvin Town)
The Transfiguration Cathedral (Tikhvin Town, 9 Svoboda (Freedom) Square). In 1560 Prechistensky Posad (dwelling and trade buildings of the town of Tikhvin) was transferred to a new place in the connection with opening the Tikhvin Convent of the... more
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The Transfiguration Cathedral (Vyborg Town)
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration Christ (the town of Vyborg, 1 Teatralny Square). The decision about building a new Russian church was taken in summer 1783 during staying Empress Catherine II in the town of Vyborg. A draft was presumably done... more
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The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God (Gatchina Town)
The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God of the city residence of the Pyatogorsky Convent (Gatchina Town, 3 Krasnaya Street). The city residence was founded in the place of the city estate which was presented by the peasant-trader... more
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The Cathedral of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Novaya Ladoga Town)
The Cathedral of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Novaya Ladoga Town, 49 Karl Marks Street). The oldest church of the town was originally included into the Medvedkovo Monastery of St. Nicholas. The church was built by Novgordian... more
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The Cathedral of the Apostle Paul (Gatchina Town)
The Cathedral of the Apostle Paul (Gatchina Town, 26 Sobornaya Street ). The main town cathedral was laid on 17 October 1846 according to the order of Nicholas I. The cross plan building was built to the design of the architect R.I. Kuzmin in... more
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The Cathedral of St. Catherine, Great Martyr (Kingisepp Town)
The Cathedral of St. Catherine, the Great Martyr (Kingisepp Town, 6 Nikolayev Square). The stone cathedral was built in the main square of the town of Yamburg on the order of Empress Catherine II after in 1760 the fortress wooden cathedral od St.... more
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The Cathedral of St. Catherine, Great Martyr (Luga Town)
The Cathedral of St. Catherine, the Great Martyr (Luga Town, 54 Kirov Prospekt). It was the first church in the town. A small one-altar cathedral built in the Early Classicism style with one apse and column portico from the western side was... more
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The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Mother of God (Schlusselburg)
The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Mother of God (the town of Schlusselburg, 1 Krasnaya Square). The first wooden church was laid according to the order of Peter I in 1702 after the regress of the Oreshek Fortress to Russia. It became... more
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The Cathedral of the Archangel Michael (Toksovo Settlement, Vsevolozhsk District)
The Cathedral of the Archangel Michael (Toksovo Settlement, 16 Lyzhnaya Street). In 1993 the wooden chapel of the Archangel Michael was built in the settlement, during 1994-1995 the altar and narthex was built up and on 19 November 1995 the chapel... more
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The Cathedral of the Birth of John the Precursor (Schlusselburg)
The Cathedral of the Birth of John the Precursor (Schlusselburg, Oreshek Island). The Nikolayevsky Lyalikin Monastery worked in the Oreshek Fortress (see: the Schlusselburg Fortress) in the 15th century. The monastery was lost in the years of the... more
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The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Novaya Ladoga Town)
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Novaya Ladoga Town, 49 Karl Marks Prospekt). The cathedral was built (possibly in the middle of the 16th century) as a refectory church of the Medvedkovsky Monastery of St . Nicholas. Limestone... more
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The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Penino Village, Slantsy District)
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Penino Village, the Slantsy District). The original wooden church was firstly mentioned in 1499. It was burned in 1771 and restored by 1789. The stone three-throne church (the architect N.N.... more
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The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Priozersk Town)
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Priozersk Town, 11 Kalinin Street) is the main cathedral of the town. The parish cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (it was built in 1296; in 1612 it was adapted by Swedes for the Lutheran... more
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The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Luga Town)
The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Luga Town, 54 Kirov Street). In 1869 the trusteeship for building a new church was organised in connection with considerable growth of the parish people of the cathedral of St. Catherine the Martyr in... more
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The Church of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Kobona Village, Kirovsk District)
The Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker (Kobona Village, the Kirovsk District). In 1568 in the village of Kobona there was the church of Sts. Laurus and Florus. The church of St. Nicholas was firstly mentioned in the first half of the 17th... more
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The Church of Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul (the urban settlement of Siversky, Gatchina District)
The Church of Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul (the Gatchina District, the urban settlement of Siversky, 29 Krasnaya Street). It was the first church in the dacha area of Siversky. The wooden church was built during 1888-1889 (by the architect... more
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The Church of Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul (Vyritsa Town, Gatchina District)
The Church of Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul (the Urban Settlement of Vyritsa , 28 Pavassara Street). The first in the settlement church built according to the decision of owners of lands (including I.A. Churikov) and mainly for their... more
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The Church of Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul (Lyuban Town, Tosno District)
The Church of Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul (the Tosno District, Lyuban Town, 1 Zagorodnoye Road). A stone tent-shaped church at a railway station of the Nikolayevsky Railway was built during 1865-1867 by the architect F.N. Sobolevsky according... more
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The Church of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Kotly Village, Kingisepp District)
The Church of St Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Kotly Village, the Kingisepp District). In the territory of the Toldozhsky Nikolsky Pogost of Chud's land the original wooden church was built not later then 1499. The church was rebuilt more... more
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The Church of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Schlusselburg Town)
The Church of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Schlüsselburg Town, 2 Red Square ). The original wooden church was built in 1737-1739, it was transferred into the village of Gavsar ( now the Kirovsky District, the village is not... more
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