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\n \n The regiment church was built to the design of the architect V.N. Kuritsin at the corner of Kadetsky Boulevard and Kirasirskaya (Cuirassier) Street in 1896-1899. The decoration was made by the architect S.A. Danini. The construction was carried out using the money of the commerce councilor I.K. Savinkov in the style of Old Russian churches in the memory of the wedding of Their Emperor Majesties Nicholas II and Alexandra Fiodorovna.
The consecration of the upper temple of St Julian of Tarsus took place on 19 December 1899. The temple was sanctified by the arch-presbyter of the military clergy Fr. A. Zhelobovsky jointly with the arch-presbyter Fr. John (Sergiev) of Kronstadt and representatives of the Tsarskoye Selo clergy and in the presence of Their Emperor Majesties. In the upper side-chapel there was an interesting stained-glass iconostasis made of multicoloured solder glass with mosaic icons surrounded by ornamental pattern. Icons was created in Munich on the base of cardboards of the professor N. Koshelev, who also painted two huge picture “The Wedding in Kanna of Galilee” and “The Miracle of St. Julian of Tarsus” on walls of the middle part of the temple. In the lower temple there was a stylish marble iconostasis and marble gravestones of Savinkov and his wife. Icons and fresco were painted by the artist Volkov.\n
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Persons
\n \n \n Alexandra Fedorovna, Empress\n
\n \n \n \n Danini Silvio Amvrosievich\n
\n \n \n \n Kuritsyn Vladimir Nikolaevich\n
\n \n \n \n Nicholas II, Emperor\n
\n \n \n \n Sergiyev (Kronshtadsky) Ioann Ilyich, the Saint\n
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Addresses
\n \n \n Kadetsky Boulevard/Pushkin, town, house 7\n
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