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Religions of Pushkin


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The town has a large number of churches and chapels. Most of them are Orthodox and are objects of cultural heritage, and only a few are listed below:

Sophia Cathedral

�    Fedorovskiy Cathedral (1909�1912, architect Vladimir Pokrovsky, Academichesky Pr. 34) used to be a home church of the Imperial Family. The priests and servants of the cathedral stayed in the nearby Fedorovskiy Gorodok � a complex built in 1913-1917s in Russian Revival style.

�    Znamenskaya Church (1734�1747, architect Ivan Blank) is an acting Orthodox Church and the oldest stone building in the town in the Petrine Baroque style.

�    Panteleimon Church � an active church.

�    Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin (1870�1872, architects Ippolit Monighetti and A. F. Vidov) � an active Orthodox Church in Eclectic style.

�    Sorrow Church at the former community of the Red Cross (1912�1914, architect S. A. Danini) � an active Orthodox Church in Russian Revival style.

�    Catherine Cathedral (1835�1840, architect Konstantin Thon) � an Orthodox cathedral which was demolished in 1939 and restored in 2010 to the 300 anniversary of Tsarskoye Selo.

�    Sophia Cathedral (1782�1788, architects Charles Cameron and I. E. Starov) � and active Orthodox cathedral in classic style.

�    St. Julian's Church, Pushkin (1894�1899, architect V. N. Kuritsyn) � an Orthodox church in Russian Revival style, under restoration.

�    Church of St. Sergius (1903�1904, architect A. Uspensky, Fodder lane 4) � an Orthodox Church.

The town has several churches of other denominations. Their construction is due to the fact that the town was the imperial residence, which always hosted non-Orthodox believers. Currently active are the Church of St. John the Baptist (Roman Catholic cathedral in the classical style)
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