Gate Church

Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow
Церковь Иконы Божией Матери Всех Скорбящих Радость
Religion
AffiliationRussian Orthodox
Location
LocationMonastyrki Embankment 1,
Saint Petersburg
Architecture
Architect(s)Ivan Starov
StyleNeoclassicism
Groundbreaking1784
Completed1786
Website
www.lavra.spb.ru

The Gate Church (Russian: Надвратная церковь), or formally the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow (Russian: Церковь Иконы Божией Матери Всех Скорбящих Радость) is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg. It is in the Diocese of Saint Petersburg and is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

Prior to the building of the church, from 1725, the gate from the Nevsky Prospect included a two-tiered bell tower with clock.[1] Between 1753 and 1754, a new wooden bell tower was erected and the bells and clock from the old tower were installed in it.[2]

  1. ^ "Церковь иконы Божией Матери "Всех Скорбящих Радость" (надвратная)" (in Russian). citywalls.ru. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Церковь БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ "ВСЕХ СКОРБЯЩИХ РАДОСТИ" (надвратная) в Александро-Невской Свято-Троицкой лавре" (in Russian). Sankt Peterburg Entsiklopediya. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

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