Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, St Petersburg, Russia

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is one most famous Russian Orthodox churches located along the Griboedov Canal in the very heart of St Petersburg. It was built in memory on Tsar Alexander II on the spot were he was assassinated in 1881.

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood was constructed between 1883 and 1907 and was almost entirely financed by the Imperial family and private donors. The church's chief architect was Alfred Alexandrovich Parland, while the both interior and exterior of the church were decorated by some of the most celebrated Russian artists: Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov and Mikhail Vrubel.

The church was closed during the Bolshevik anti-religious campaign in the 1930's and remained closed after the World War II as well. Director of St Isaac's Cathedral and Museum G.P. Butikov managed to persuade the communist authorities to pass the management of the Church to St Isaac's Cathedral and Museum in 1970 but restoration of the Church did not start until 1980. Restoration works were completed by 1997 and Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood was reopened as a museum.

Categories

• Home
• Catholic Churches
• Orthodox Churches
• Catholic Cathedrals
• Orthodox Cathedrals
• Protestant Churches and Cathedrals
• Anglican Cathedrals
• Greek Catholic Cathedrals
• Catholic Basilicas
• Orthodox Basilicas
• Orthodox Monasteries
• Other Christian Churches