• Interior of St. Catherine's Church. The Catholic Church of St Catherine (Russian: Католическая церковь Святой Екатерины)...
  • Tsarina Catherine II of Russia considered the saint to be her heavenly intercessor, so she patronized the St. Petersburg Catholics community in every possible way.
  • There was a record number of 32,000 parishioners by 1917 and St Catherine was one of the 10 Catholic churches in St Petes.
  • The church survived until the 1930s, when it was handed over to the Hydrological and then the Petroleum Research Institutes.
  • In the early 90s, the church was transferred to St. Petersburg Catholics, and in 1992 services were resumed here.
  • In late 1970s plans were made to rebuild the church as an organ hall for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • The Catholic Church of St Catherine of Alexandria is an understated beauty with nice modern interiors made of columns, pastel colors, stained glass windows...
  • In late 1970s plans were made to rebuild the church as an organ hall for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • While on a cruise one of the stops was Saint Petersburg, Russia and we visited the Church of Saint Catherine.
  • In late 1970s plans were made to rebuild the church as an organ hall for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.