• 59°58′06″N 30°20′34″E / 59.968369°N 30.34281°E. A small park near Sampsonievsky Cathedral. St Sampson's Cathedral (Rus. Сампсониевский собор)...
  • The Empress issued a decree on the transfer of the St. Petersburg churchyards to the suburbs, so in 1785 both cemeteries at the Sampson Cathedral were...
  • ...the icon of the Sampson Cathedral could be seen here, in which particles of the Lord's Robe, a stone from under His feet and the relics of saints were placed.
  • Well, there are 4 main churches that you have to visit: the exquisite Smolny Cathedral, a masterpiece of Rastrelli’s baroque; the shimmering mosaics and marble...
  • The Cathedral of St. Sampson is well worth a visit for those with an interest in Russian church architecture and decoration, although it does require a separate...
  • Rumor has it that it was in St. Sampson's Cathedral that Catherine II of Russia secretly married Grigory Potemkin in 1774.
  • The uniqueness of St. Sampson is in mixing pre-Peter era architectural forms and the elements of European architecture.
  • The church was designed to memorize the victory of the Russian troops near Poltava on June 27 (July 8), 1709, which is the feast day of Saint Sampson the...
  • Rumor has it that it was in St. Sampson's Cathedral that Catherine II of Russia secretly married Grigory Potemkin in 1774.
  • St. Sampson Cathedral in St. Petersburg is one of few monuments of religious architecture of the first half of the18th century, still standing.