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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and National Gallery for Foreign Art behind. The construction of the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral started in 1882 (having been planned since 19 February 1879), when the foundation stone was laid, but most of it was built between 1904 and 1912. [3] Saint Alexander Nevsky was a Russian prince.
Like all Alexander Nevsky Cathedrals and churches, it is named after the Russian national Saint Alexander Nevsky. The church belongs to archeparchy of Belgrade and Karlovci of the Serbian Orthodox Church. A first church was built in 1877, but the plan for a larger church was raised in 1912. Architect Jelisaveta Načić was chosen.
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky, Russian: Собор Святого Александра Невского, romanized: Sobor Svyatogo Aleksandra Nyevskogo) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church located at 12 Rue Daru in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
The Alexander Nevsky Church (Danish: Skt. Aleksander Nevskij Kirke) is the only Russian Orthodox church in Copenhagen. [1] It was built by the Russian Government between 1881 and 1883, prompted by Princess Dagmar of Denmark's marriage to Alexander Alexandrovich on 9 November 1866 and their later ascent to the Russian throne as Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna. [2]
The church is dedicated to the grand prince of Kiev, and later Russian orthodox saint, Alexander Nevsky. The cathedral is richly decorated and has eleven bells cast in Saint Petersburg, the largest of which weighs about 16 tons, more than the other ten combined.
St. Alexander Nevsky Church (Latvian: Svētā Ņevas Aleksandra pareizticīgo baznīca; Russian: Церковь Александра Невского) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The church is situated at the address 56 Brīvības Street.
Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Allison Park , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US; under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Howell , New Jersey, US; under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR)
The Saint Alexander Nevsky Church was established in 1936 by Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko) (Russian: Виталий (Максименко)) on a tract of land donated by Yulia Martinovna Plavskaya. The initial chapel, dedicated to the memory of the great prince St. Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263), was blessed in May, 1936.