Kazan Cathedral or Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor, also known as
the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, is a cathedral of the
Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg.
It is dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan, probably the most
venerated icon in Russia. The construction was started in 1801
and continued for ten years (supervised by Alexander Sergeyevich
Stroganov). Upon its completion the new temple replaced the
Church of Nativity of the Theotokos which was disassembled when
the Kazan Cathedral was baptized. |