Arkhiyereyskoye Podvor'ye Khram Blagoveshcheniya Presvyatoy Bogoroditsy Goroda Sankt-Peterburga.

It was so unexpected to find a piece of Holy Mount Athos in Sankt-Petersburg. So it will make you exited if you like skytes and kalybas isikhastic atmosphere.

Bright place. The place of strong states. A place where you feel kindness. It looks like a Greek temple. Here we baptized our son. Hieromonk Gregory is a spiritual man, a true believer. Our child calmly received a baptism from him. Now we are friends. And we bring our baby to receive communion. Come, believers!

The temple complex of the Old Athos metochion of the St. Andrew's male skete was built on the project of N.Nikonov in 1889 - 1893. at the corner of Tar and 5th Christmas Street. In itself, he included three buildings: the Church of the Annunciation (letter A), a mansion house with a house church on the second floor (letter B) and a lodge at the gate (letter B). The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin is located along the street of the 5th Christmas (Sovetskaya) and has number 33-31 of the letter A. The architecture of the church is a successful example of the construction in the "Russian style". Two-story church in the best traditions of the Moscow and Yaroslavl architecture of the XVII century. The construction was crowned by a five-domed multi-high dome system, with a tented main drum and a tall hip bell tower with two side ledges above the porch. The walls, chapters and apse were richly decorated with ornamental belts, columns, kokoshniks. Author-architect Nikolai Nikitovich Nikonov preferred not to change the style inside. The church had two iconostasis: oak in the lower church and gilded in the upper. The author of the iconostasis was personally NN Nikonov: "... The iconostasis is very beautiful, in the Old Russian style, painted with enameled light color. Before the throne is a beautiful image - prayer - prayer for the cup ... "(Russian pilgrim No. 23. 1894. P. 364). In the church, five altars were consecrated: in the lower church - the main throne in the name of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God "In sorrows and sorrows Consolation" and a chapel in the name of Alexis the Man of God; in the upper - the main throne of the Annunciation, the right side-chapel of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky and left in the name of St. Andrew the First-Called. With great skill, the iconostasis of the church in the name of the icon of the Mother of God "In Sorrows and Griefs Consolation" was made. The icons for the iconostasis were written by Athonite monks. The main relic of the monastery was the revered icon "In grief and sorrows Consolation", before which was served a solemn prayer service. # St.Petersburg, #Contrasts City, #ThisPeterNetwork, # Mood, # Life, #LetsGuide, #

We thank Father Gregory for the Baptism of his nephew. Bright day, a cozy temple.

Very comfortable and warm. It would be necessary to restore the lost values.