Презентация на английском языке "Orthodox Cathedrals"

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Christianity is an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and oral teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with about 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians . St. Petersburg's Orthodox Cathedrals include some of the most magnificent churches in Russia . Built at the height of the Russian Empire's wealth and power, when the capital's churches were as important as palaces to show the eminence and prestige of Russia's rulers. Christianity

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Cathedral of St. Sampson the Hospitable

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One of St. Petersburg's oldest surviving churches, this charming azure and white baroque cathedral with its striking bell tower is both an active church and a museum run by St. Isaac's Cathedral. In 1709, Peter the Great ordered the construction of a wooden church on this site to honour Russia's decisive victory over the Swedish army at the Battle of Poltava . The stone cathedral and bell tower replaced the wooden church in 1740.

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Prince Vladimir Cathedral

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Standing at the Eastern edge of the Petrogradskaya Side t he Prince Vladimir Cathedral is one of the city's oldest churches. It’s a n attractive, gleaming white, five-domed church in the style of a combination of baroque and early classicism. It took over forty years to build The Prince Vladimir Cathedral and it was eventually consecrated in 1789.

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Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

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The Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul is the oldest church in St. Petersburg, and also the second-tallest building in the city (after the television tower). It is a burial place of nearly all the members of the Romanovs Dynasty since Peter the Great . The church was consecrated two times: on April 1, 1704 and on June 29, 1733.

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Cathedral of St. Andrew the First-Called

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Named after the Apostle Andrew, whom Peter the Great considered his personal protector, and who became a patron S aint of Imperial Russia and the Russian Navy. This late baroque, pink-and-white cathedral stands on the corner of Bolshoy Prospekt and 6-aya Linia . Peter I himself ordered the building of the original Church of St. Andrew. In 1732, in the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna , a single-storey wooden church was built there. Alexander Vist , the architect of the Senate Building, was commissioned to design a new stone cathedral but, after two years of construction work, Vist was dismissed. The completion of the cathedral was entrusted to Alexei Ivanov . The cathedral is similar in design to the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral. It was eventually consecrated in 1781. In the 19 th century, two chapels were added to the Cathedral by the architect Nikolai Grebenka .

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