Church of the Resurrection (Saint Petersburg)
The Church of the Resurrection , also known as Blood Church , Church of Our Savior and Redeemer Church on the Blood ( Russian Собор Воскресения Христова ), is a Memorial Church in Saint Petersburg . It is designed on the model of Moscow's St. Basil's Cathedral and, as the only large church building in downtown Petersburg that does not follow Italian and classical western architectural styles, it is correspondingly striking. The orientation towards the ornamental and colorful decoration of ancient Russian art from the era before Peter I, which had not yet opened up to Western culture, corresponded to the return to national traditions cultivated in the second half of the century at the Tsar’s court and is therefore part of the contemporary Central European historicism comparable. It was built from 1883 to 1912 on the spot where Alexander II was assassinated. It was opened on the centenary of the victory over Napoleon Bonaparte in the " Patriotic War " and on the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty .
The church stands near Nevsky Prospect on the Griboyedov Canal . It covers an area of about 7,000 square meters; the interior design in icon style and exterior decoration consists mainly of mosaics .
The church was built according to the plans of Alfred Parlands (1842–1919), an architect of great importance in Russia at the time , who also built in Moscow , Vladimir and other cities. He was a member of the Academy of Arts in Petersburg and came from a German-Baltic- Scottish family who had been in the service of the Tsar at Peterhof since around 1800 .
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Vaulted ceiling
Vaulted ceiling
From a bird's eye view
"Blood Church" in Saint Petersburg (video 2008)
Model in the Międzyzdroje Baltic Sea Miniature Park
The history of the Church has been very changeable. Once conceived as a memorial rather than a house of worship, it was never used for liturgical purposes. Initially as a concert hall and museum, later used as a theater, it was to be torn down several times during the Soviet period and was closed to the public for decades. The 27-year renovation was not completed until August 1997 and the building was reopened as a museum with great sympathy from the population.
literature
- Katleen Klotchov: Places of "Russian" in St Petersburg: The Church of the Resurrection of Christ. In: Karl Schlögel u. a. (Ed.): Saint Petersburg. Locations of a city's history. New York / Frankfurt 2007, pp. 95-107.
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Coordinates: 59 ° 56 ′ 24 ″ N , 30 ° 19 ′ 43 ″ E