Trinity Cathedral in St. Petersburg is an architectural monument of late classicism. He received his name on behalf of the Izmailovsky Regiment, one of the oldest in Russia. The regiment was founded by Empress Anna Ioannovna in 1730 by the name of the village of Izmaylovskoye in Moscow suburbs. Often the temple is called the Trinity Izmailovo. It is one of the most monumental in the Northern capital.

The Trinity Cathedral is a tall white temple with five blue domes, made in the form of a hemisphere, strewn with bronze stars and gilded crosses. According to legend, the color of the domes is chosen according to the color of the Izmailovsky regiment's uniforms. The main dome of the temple can be seen almost 20 kilometers away. Small domes of the temple are located above columns of porticoes

Facades are decorated with four 6-column porticos of the Corinthian order. In the niches of the western portal are placed bronze figures of angels. Not far from the church, there is a chapel that has been restored.

The interior of the temple is decorated with Corinthian columns and pilasters covered with white artificial marble. The main dome seems to float skyward. The walls and arches are painted by artists TA Medvedev and AI Travin. The iconostasis of the semicircular form forms a single whole with the supra-sacral canopy. Decorated with Corinthian columns

One of the most revered shrines of the Trinity-Izmaylovsky Cathedral - the icon of the Holy Trinity, written in the 15th century.

Since the church served as the main garrison church of the city, its walls were decorated with Turkish banners - trophies, extracted during the battles in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. In memory of the fallen soldiers their names were carved on marble planks. Trinity Cathedral in St. Petersburg is sometimes called "Bulgarian". According to one version, it was built on money, the people of Bulgaria as a token of gratitude to the soldiers of Russia for their help in the liberation from the Turkish soldiers.

New icons appeared in the temple, including mosaic images of Saints Peter and Paul and Nicholas the Wonderworker. @

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Trinity-Izmaylovsky Cathedral

Interior, Trinity-Izmaylovsky Cathedral

Dome, Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg