CHAPEL
OF THE HOLY TRINITY
St.
Petersburg, Russia
The first church of Holy Trinity was
founded by
Peter the
Great in 1703, designed by Domenico Trezzini – who was
responsible for much of
early St. Petersburg – and consecrated in 1711. It was only ever
built of wood
and when first built it was consecrated as a Cathedral. It was here
that Peter
the Great was made Emperor of Russia.
This wooden
church survived until 1750
when, like so many
wooden buildings in St. Petersburg, it managed to burn down in spite of
the
swampy surroundings! By 1756 a stone church had replaced it which was
rebuilt
in the early 1800s and then destroyed completed after the Russian
Revolution.
The year of its destruction was 1933.
The spot
remained empty until after the
fall of the USSR and
new Chapel was built after a competition. The reconstruction was only a
Chapel,
rather than Church, but it is built in memory of the first Orthodox
Church of
St. Petersburg.
The Chapel was
consecrated in 2003 on
the 300th
anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg.
Photo
- Andrew J. Müller
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