- A year later, all 13 bells with a total weight of more than 20 tons were removed from the bell tower of St. Nicholas Cathedral and sent to be melted down.
- Learn more about how the cathedral of St Nicholas in Saint Petersburg became a Russian Naval church.
- The Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is the last and largest of the naval cathedrals of the Russian Empire.
- The main church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas (a patron saint of seamen) and the feast of the Epiphany. St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral consists of two separate...
- The Nicholas Cathedral was one of the few churches that was not closed in the Soviet period. In 1967, here the requiem for the poet Anna Akhmatova was held.
- Modeled after Byzantium’s crown jewel, the Hagia Sophia, the Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas (Kronstadt) is dedicated to the fallen seamen of Russia’s navy.
- Indeed, St Nicholas Naval Cathedral is one of the smartest religious constructions of Saint Petersburg.
- The pride of our city, one of the oldest temples, is the Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas. It renews itself every year and shines with its beauty!
- See photos and videos taken at this location and explore places nearby.
- Although there are several churches in Russia that are dedicated to St. Nicholas, the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral is by far the most magnificent.
