In the spring of 1909, workers at the Okhta powder factories submitted a petition to build a chapel in memory of the birth of Prince Alexis. First the chapel was established in a state building in the district of Porokhovye by the Georgian gate. A project to build a wooden church, designed by civil engineer A. Antonov, was authorized on 03/23/1911 and it was built during the period of 1914 to 1916. The church was consecrated on 07/17/1916. It was assigned to the Church of the Visitation of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary at the Vyborg cemetery. The church was closed from 7/12/1922 until 06/10/1923 and permanently closed on 10/25/1935. The building was converted to a hostel for workers and remodeled further for habitation. It was demolished in the 1940s.
This church was built on a site bought in March 1913 by a society of German
Catholics, led by architect V.O. Mor.
It was consecrated on 03/30/1914 by Canon K. Budkevich.
In 1922 it was assigned to the parish of St. Catherine Cathedral.
The church was closed from 12/05/1922 until June 1923 and permanently closed on 09/01/1935.
The building was handed over to a day nursery.
It was demolished at the end of the 1940s and a Neva leather factory workshop
was built in its place.
A three-story stone building of a shelter and almshouse of a
French charitable society was built from 1885 to 1887 by architect Paul Suzor.
The church, which is located on the first floor, was consecrated on 03/08/1887.
A hospital for poor French people was built alongside the church in 1901,
and the chapel was added in 1904.
The church was closed around 1918.
The Hostel-shelter for the aged French was liquidated in July 1941 after all
its inhabitants had been interned.
In the 1980s, the building received a major overhaul and is now occupied by
a children's clinic.
The Roman Catholic college, which was founded in 1802, purchased the former
private residence of poet G.R. Derzhavin in 1848.
The residence was built from 1791 to 1806 by the architect N.A. Lvov.
In 1852, a reconstruction project for the needs of the Roman Catholic college
was completed by architect A.M. Gornostayev and the chapel was consecrated.
Since 1919 it became a parish church, and in the end of the same
year it was closed.
The main departments of the Mogilyov Diocese were located in the building:
The Theological College, the consistory,
in 1919 the Central Committee of the Catholic Community of Petrograd,
up to January 1927 the Catholic Diocese management (in apartment no. 4).
After the reconstruction of 1924, the house became completely inhabited.
This Church originated in the beginning of 1919 in apartment 1/2 of the
ground floor of a dwelling house.
It was consecrated on 03/01/1919, closed on 12/23/1922 and liquidated on 09/25/1923.
The premises were turned over for use as a dining room.
The empress Anna Ioannovna allocated the site on 09/14/1738.
In 1739 the temporary wooden church was built by the architect Pietro Antonio Trezini.
Architect Jean-Batist Vallen-Delamot created a design of the stone cathedral,
and it was founded on 07/16/1763.
Antonio Rinaldi and D. Minchaki supervised the construction of the church.
It was consecrated on 10/07/1783 by G.A. Archetti, Archbishop of Khalkedon.
The last Polish king, Stanisław-August Poniatowski
and French General Z. Moro were buried in the cathedral.
Part of the ashes of Polish king Stanisław Leszinski were stored there as well.
From 1835 to 1838, under the project leadership of architect Charles I.Rossi,
the residence for priests was attached.
In 1891, to the left of the entrance, the chapel of Notre Dame de Lourdes was
established.
The church was closed from 12/07/1922 until 06/06/1923 and completely closed on 10/31/1938.
The building was used as a warehouse by the museum of ethnography.
On 10/01/1948, it was handed over to the Scientific Research Institute for
Arctic Regions.
In 1951, it was turned over to the Ministry of Defense.
On 05/13/1962 it switched to the Council of National Economy of the Leningrad
Economic Region for organization of an exhibition on labor safety.
On 07/14/1967 it became a part of the Museum of History of Religion and Atheism.
Up to 1984 there was new construction for an organ hall for the Leningrad
Philarmonic Society.
The building greatly suffered from fires in 1947 and 1984.
In 1989 restoration work was renewed again.
The cathedral was returned to the believers and consecrated on 10/04/1992 by
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz.
In 1834, the theological faculty of Vilno University founded the Theological Academy, which was then transferred to St. Petersburg in 1842. Since 1844, the Academy was located at #52, 1st line. The chapel was consecrated on 06/22/1844 by Bishop Dmokhowski. After reconstruction, it was consecrated again on 11/27/1903 by Archbishop S. Denisevich. The Theological Academy was closed in the spring of 1918 and was transferred to Lublin (Poland) from which the Catholic University was founded. In November 1919, the chapel became a parish church, affiliated to the church of The Immaculate Conception of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary, located on the 14th line of Vasilevsky Island (V.O.). The chapel was closed in 1922. Now the faculty of the Russian State Pedagogical University of A.I. Hertzen occupies the building. The chapel has suffered significant losses.
From 1798 to 1800, architect G. Quarenghi added a Catholic chapel of the Maltese order to a palace owned by M.I. Vorontsov. In 1810, the Page Corps was located inside the palace, and the chapel became a home church for Catholic pupils. Also, Masses were served there for the diplomatic corps. In 1852 it was decorated with a chapel having a marble tomb of Duke Maksimilian Leichtenberg. The chapel was closed in 1922. The premises were used as a club for the military organizations occupying Vorontsov palace (a school for militia, courses on command structures, an infantry school). In the 1990s, the Maltese Chapel was under restoration.
In 1898 the small wooden church (basil) was built by architect P.S. Krutinski. It was adjoined to a school and almshouse building which was part of the Putilov Manufacturing Plant, one of the largest factories in St. Petersburg. The chapel, located near the entrance, was consecrated in 1902. After reconstruction, the church was consecrated anew on 09/10/1902. The church was closed from 5/12/1922 to 6/6/1923 and finally closed in October of 1938. It was then used as a hostel. The church was demolished in 1939 and later a telephone station was built in its place.
In March of 1845 the administration of St. Catherine Cathedral
constructed a chapel with a portable altar in the right wing of the main building.
In 1847 the chapel was transferred to the northern part of the first floor.
An altar and a tabernacle were added. The chapel occupied two rooms.
It was used by the rector of St. Catherine Cathedral.
Around 1919 the chapel was transformed to a parish church.
Then it was closed at the beginning of 1922 and liquidated in March of 1922.
Now the building of the almshouse is occupied by a psychoneuralogical clinic.
The church premises are gone.
The refuge for the poor was founded by princess Gagarina in 1856 in her own house. It consisted of two branches: one for aged women and one for homeless girls. On 07/04/1858 Alexander II granted the refuge the right to have its own chapel in one of the rooms. A new building was built alongside by military engineer Gienrik Voinitski. The original project was created by architect N.L. Benois. In 1919 the chapel was transformed to a parish church. The church was closed from 12/05/1922 to around July 1923. It was completely closed on 08/29/1935. Now the building is used as an occupied house. The church is gone.
In 1856 in the Vyborg district, in a place called «Kumanovo pole», a Catholic cemetery was established with the initiative of Father Dominik Lukasczevicz. On July, 2 the chapel was founded. It was built in 1857 - 1859 by architect N.L. Benois. It was consecrated by Metropolitan Bishop Vaclav Szimenski. After a decision to transform the chapel to a church, architect Nicolas Benois attached a bell-tower in 1878-1879. In the church crypt, Metropolitan Bishops Fialkowski, Gitovt, Dmohovski, Klopotowski and Archbishop Ignatsij Golowinski were buried. In 1885 a refuge for poor and sick women was opened at the church, and in 1902 it became a parish church. It was closed from 12/07/1922 until June, 1923. It was completely closed on 11/01/1938. The building was converted to vegetable warehouses, used for storage of potatoes. In 1946, it became a storehouse for municipal property. In 1949 it was re-modeled for industrial purposes. The cemetery was liquidated. An industrial laboratory of the factory «Krasny vyborzhets» was placed in the building of the church.
In March of 1905, the Catholic workers of the Porcelain factory submitted an application for building a church and started fund raising. A site was allocated in 1906 and on 09/08/1907 the stone church was founded. It was built by architect Stefan Galenzowski. A wooden chapel was consecrated in 1911, and the church was consecrated in 1917, although its construction was still in progress. It remained closed from 12/07/1922 until July, 1923. It was sealed after a fire on 07/08/1936 and officially closed in June, 1937. The building was delegated to a group of industrial enterprises, and then to a hostel. Up to 1996 it was occupied by the office of the «Spetstroy» trust. On 04/05/1996 the church was returned to the believers after which the first Mass was held on 06/06/1996.
At the Charitable Society of St. Catherine's Cathedral, a refuge for boys was established in 1890. Using his own funds, Father Antoni Maletski purchased the site and built the refuge in 1896. On the first floor of the house, architect B.A. Brzhostowski built the chapel. In 1910-1912, architect Marian Peretiatkowicz erected a stone building alongside, using donations from Michael Kerbedz. The stone building housed a boarding school, vocational school, workshops and a library. The chapel remained on the former site. In October of 1919, it received rights as a church. The church was closed from 7 to 9 February, 1922 and from 12/05/1922 till June, 1923. It was completely closed on 01/21/1933. The premises were used in the 1930s for a canteen of a food factory. The building where the church existed was demolished. In the stone house of the former shelter, the Leningrad Regional Library is now located.
In 1907 Father Alexis Zerchaninov, who lived in the house in Polozov str., began to celebrate Masses in his own apartment (no. 7). In March, 1909 they were transferred to the penthouse on the forth floor, in apartment no. 12. Here the first Russian Byzantine Catholic church was consecrated on 03/28/1909 by Father Alexis (A.E.Zerchaninov) and Father Eustathius (A.Susalyov). The church was officially sanctioned on 04/15/1911. It was transferred to the two-story wooden house at the corner of Barmaleyev Street and B. Pushkarskaya Street in September, 1912 and it was consecrated on 09/30/1912. After the church was closed in March, 1913, Catholic Masses were held secretly. It was opened again on 04/02/1917. However, the church was closed on 12/05/1922. After closing, Masses were held in J.N. Danzas's apartment. The church was finally officially closed on 06/02/1923 and liquidated in July of 1923. The church is lost.
This church was built from 1823 to 1825 by architect David Viskonti on a site owned by Metropolitan Bishop Stanisław Bogusz-Sestrencievicz. It was consecrated on 05/08/1825 by Metropolitan Bishop Stanisław, who was buried in the church in December, 1825. In 1885 a tambour and a belfry were attached. The church was closed from 12/06/1922 through 06/07/1923 and completely closed on 11/05/1934. The building was used as a warehouse, gas-smoking chamber and a shop of the «Rot-front» fur factory. The church was restored from 1952 to 1954 and returned to the believers in 1995.
The stone church for the Archbishop of Mogilyov was founded on 08/02/1870 on the site of the Theological College. It was erected by architect Vasily Sobolshchikov. After his death, architect E.S. Vorotilov supervised the construction. It was consecrated on 04/12/1873 by Archbishop Antoni Fialkowski. It became the main church of the Diocese and the residence of the Archbishop. In 1896-1897 architect A.D. Fialkowski attached side vestibules which were consecrated on 12/23/1897 by Bishop Charles Nedzialkowski. The cathedral was refurbished and expanded from 1901 to 1902 by architect E.S. Vorotilov. It was consecrated again on 09/14/1902 by Archbishop Boleslaw Klopotovski. It became a parish church, served by the priests teaching in the Theological Seminary. The church was closed from 12/05/1922 until 06/02/1923. It was finally closed in January, 1930. The building was handed over to the regional club of national minorities, then to the building institute. During the following decades up to recent time, it was occupied by a division of the «Severquartzsamocwiety» Production Association. In the middle of the 1990s, it was returned to the believers. After restoration, the church was consecrated in the autumn of 1996.
In March of 1911 the wooden church of St. Francis of Assisi,
designed for 700 persons by the civil architect A. Antonov, was founded.
It was consecrated on 06/24/1912 by Father Senkus.
It was affiliated to the church of the Visitation of the
Most-Holy Virgin Mary on the Vyborg cemetery.
The church was also used for elementary school classes.
The church was closed from 12/07/1922 until June 1923.
It was completely closed in October, 1938 and converted to a hostel.
In post-war years it was demolished. Inhabited houses were built in its place.
In the summer of 1900 French Catholics bought a site on which a wooden
chapel was built.
On 12/29/1903 the stone church was founded.
It was built by architects L.N. Benois and M.M. Peretiatkowicz up to 1909.
Architect O.I. Tibo-Briniol supervised the construction.
It was consecrated on 10/22/1909 by Bishop John Ciepliak.
The church was closed from 01/17/1923 until 06/07/1923.
From July, 1941 until August, 1945 Masses were temporarily suspended.
Up to 1945 it was called The French Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Rosary.
In 1893, in the house of watchmaker Viechtner, a shelter for boys was opened by a German charitable society. From 1899 to 1900, the house was expanded by an engineer named M.F. Andersen, and a chapel was transferred to the extension. Consecration of the chapel was postponed until 1903. Starting in 1919, it functioned as a parish church until it was closed in December, 1922.
In 1908, Chaplain Victor Petkevicz arranged a chapel in his own apartment located in the wooden house owned by V.T. Mogilnitska's. It was consecrated in July 1909. The chapel was rebuilt and considerably expanded up to 1911 and in 1913, it was transformed into a church (officially allowed in 1916). The church was closed in 1930 and destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. Now, in its place, there is a residential area.
The shelter for repenting women and women in moral danger was arranged in 1858 by the Charitable society at St. Catherine's Cathedral. The shelter was moved in 1874 from the 15th line of Vasilievsky Island to Donskaya street. In 1885 an almshouse for men was added to the female shelter. In 1886 architect N.N. Kovrigin added a stone extension to the wooden building where a small chapel was consecrated. Masses were celebrated by the priest from St. Catherine's cathedral. The chapel was closed in 1922. The shelter has been demolished. During the 1960s, the area was built over with houses.
The shelter was opened in 1896 by the initiative of Fathers Schump and Wolinger
using the wooden summer residence bought from military engineer G.S. Vojnitski.
The chapel in the room of the former kitchen was consecrated on 09/01/1896.
It was closed in 1918.
The building was converted to an orphanage and later demolished.
In 1900, near the Church of the Assumption of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary, the building for the Catholic Theological Seminary, founded in 1869, was erected by architect L.P. Shishko. The chapel became an affiliate of the Church of the Assumption of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary and was consecrated in 1901. The seminary and chapel were closed in 1918. In the middle of the 1990s the premises were returned to the Theological Seminary and in the autumn of 1995, the chapel was consecrated anew.
On 01/12/1912, special premises for a chapel were allocated while building the female prison. The chapel was consecrated on 01/06/1913 by Father Peter Janukowicz. It was assigned to the Church of The Visitation of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary. The church was closed at the end of 1917 and liquidated in January, 1919. The building still remains.
The chapel at the corps was established during the reign of the Russian Emperor Paul I. From 1796 to 1803, while architect Theodor Demertsov built a new complex of buildings, special room was assigned for the chapel. The chapel was closed at the end of 1919. The chapel premise remains but with significant losses.
The chapel was established and consecrated during the First World War. It was closed around 1918.
A building of the Lithuanian castle was erected from 1783 to 1787 by architect I.E. Starev. It was reconstructed from 1823 to 1824 by architect I.I. Charlemagnes for a prison for criminals. The chapel was located in one of the seven towers, facing the Moyka River. It was consecrated on 04/11/1859 and remained open until February, 1917. During the February Revolution, the castle was burnt. In 1929-1930 its ruins were removed. From 1933 to 1934 architect I.A. Pretro built a dwelling house.
The church was consecrated on 10/08/1910 by Father Denisiewicz. It was established without permission from the authorities and therefore was closed in April 1911 by order of Archbishop V.Kluczinski. Later, it was opened again and operated until around 1918.
The school for girls from noble families was founded in 1798 by Empress Maria Fyodorovna. A building of the Italian palace was donated to the school in 1800. The palace was refurbished by architect G. Quarenghi from 1804 to 1807. Up to 1870, during the reign of Alexander II, a small chapel for Catholic pupils was established inside the school. The chapel was closed around 1918. Now a branch of the Russian National Library occupies the building.
The Smolny Institute was founded in 1764 by Catherine II. A special edifice was built for it from 1806 to 1808 by the architect G. Quarenghi. A chapel was founded by the Rokitski family from 1867 to 1868, during the reign of Alexander II. It was closed in August, 1917 because of the evacuation of the Institute. Then it became a building of The Petrograd Soviet (Council). Since 1918, it was occupied by some supreme party institutions of the city and province. It is used now by the government of St. Petersburg.
The prison was built in 1885-1889 by architect A.O. Tomishko.
On 01/06/1913, a chapel in a separate room was consecrated.
During the February Revolution, it was plundered and closed at the end of 1917.
Now it is occupied by the Detective Isolator and used as a prison.
The building was erected in 1836-1840 by architect A. Montferran for
the family of tycoon P.N. Demidov.
Since the 1880s the embassy was accomodated in the house and at the same time
the chapel was established.
The chapel was closed in 1918.
The community lodged in the house of Baroness M.A. Korf.
The chapel was established and consecrated at the beginning of 1900,
and was closed around 1918.
A hospital for poor French was built from 1898 to 1901 on a site belonging
to the French charitable society.
On 05/09/1902 a new two-story wing was founded
at the presence of Metropolitan Bishop Klopotowski,
its construction was completed in 1905.
In 1904 the chapel at the hospital located near the 14th line was built and
consecrated.
It was closed around 1918. The hospital is now occupied by a children's clinic.
The refuge for paupers was founded in 1850 by princess Gagarina
in her own house.
The chapel was established in 1858 in one of the rooms.
In 1896 architect I.I. Dietrich refurbished the chapel.
In 1897 a new building for shelter for girls was erected and the chapel was
relocated there.
Soon architect N.L. Benois united both buildings with one facade.
At the end of the 1890s the old building was completely handed over to the
refuge for aged women, and the chapel was opened there again.
The chapel was closed around 1927.
Now its premises as well as the entire building are used for apartments.
The Cadet Corps was opened in 1732 in the Menshikov Palace. In 1765, the Cadet Corps was called «Overland Shlyakhetsky». In 1800, the name was changed to First Cadet. Up to 1790 a small chapel was established but it was closed in 1863.
On 05/10/1906, the governor allowed the establishment of a temporary chapel
in the refuge for Polish refugees in Ozerki.
It was soon consecrated but closed around 1918 after the Poles were repatriated
back to Poland.
Having lodged in a private residence on Moyka, Montferran refurbished it from 1845 to 1846. In the cross wing on the first floor he arranged a chapel. After the death of the architect in 1858, his widow sold the private residence and left for France. Then the chapel was closed.
The chapel was established and consecrated in October, 1910.
It was closed in 1911 by the order of Archbishop V. Kłuczinski.
Later it was opened again and operated until around 1918.
The chapel was established in the XIX century for Catholic workers after the territory of the Aleksandrovskaya manufactory was given to the foundry. It was affiliated with St. Catherine Cathedral. Theophil Matulianis served there from 1915 to 1918. It was closed around 1918.
On 05/10/1906, the governor allowed the establishment of a temporary chapel
in the refuge for Polish refugees.
It was soon consecrated but closed around 1918 after the Poles were repatriated
back to Poland.
The edifice was built by architect G.E. Bosse for countess E.M. Buturlina.
In 1889 the building became occupied by the embassy and in 1890 on the first
floor of the domestic wing, the chapel affiliated with St. Catherine Cathedral
was established.
It was closed in August 1914 with the departure of the embassy because of the
beginning of the First World War.
The first pre-trial prison in Russia was built by K.J. Maiewski's from
1871 to 1875.
A temporary chapel for Catholic prisoners was established in one of the
chambers in 1916.
The chapel was closed somewhere between 1917-1918.
Now the pre-trial prison is operational inside the building.
The grammar school was opened in 1915 in a rented private house. In the autumn of 1915 the school was authorized to equip the premises with a chapel. The chapel was closed between 1917 and 1918. Now the building is occupied by apartments.
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