The first wooden church at this place appeared in 1753. The church was consecrated in honor of the birth of Jesus Christ (Rozhdestvenskaya).
Ten streets in this district and all area were named Rozhdestvensky in honor of this church.
Instead of the disassembled wooden church in 1787 was completed the remarkable stone temple. This temple has become one of the most beautiful in St. Petersburg.
This temple was destroyed in 1934 during the Stalinist period.
The Rozhdestvensky temple in St. Petersburg (1900).
This temple was one of the first in St. Petersburg which was built in the style of early classicism. Its facade is designed in Italian style, and three relatively small head (dome and belfry on the front two corners) is strongly reminiscent of the building of Holy Trinity Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery (1900).
The interior of the Church. 1900
The terrible World War started in 1914..
This War changed the fate of millions of people in the Russian Empire and around the world.
At the same time was happened the most important event in my life. On 30 July of 1914 my bride Miss Anfisa Antonovna Kramskaya and me had Wedding Ceremony in
The Rozhdestvensky temple in St. Petersburg.
After this event everything was made in accordance with Paragraph 11 of the order on the conducting of passports in the Russian Empire “The changes which have taken place in the public or marital status of the owner of a passport book”.
There was made the following entry in my passport book:
“Today on 30 July of 1914 merchant's son Adrian Fedorovich Timofeev was married with a young lady from a burghers of the St. Petersburg Anfisa Antonovna Kramskaya Orthodox virgin 23 years old.
The rector of the church
The deacon of the church”.
This information is taken from the diary of Adrian Fedorovich Timofeev (1882-1954) – the mathematician, socialist, revolutionary, financier and banker.
The full text of diary is on :
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