Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

Memorial Orthodox Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood is very colorful historic landmark    city. The temple was built on the donations on the spot    where was committed the deadly attack on the Emperor Alexander II.    In the historic center, right in the middle of the city    landscape before the eyes of tourists suddenly appears church with huge multicolored domes,    complex mosaics and carvings.    This original masterpiece of ancient architecture,    strongly reminiscent of Moscow St. Basil’s Cathedral, is now a museum.    Next to it is the area of the Field of Mars and the Mikhailovsky Garden.Schedule of work:

• from 10.30 to 18.00
• The day off – Wednesday
• From 1 May to 30 September from 18.00 to 22.30 in the museum nightly excursions      “Savior on Spilled Blood in the white nights” (see the cost of a visit in the evening and at night)

Contact information:

• Address: Nab. Griboyedov Canal, 2a
• Subway: “Nevkiy prospect”
• Phone: +7 (812) 315-21-15, 315-16-36
• www.cathedral.ru

Visit cost:

• Adults – 250 rubles
• Children up to 18 years, students and pensioners of Russia – 50 rubles
• Savior on the Blood in the evening and night time – 350 rubles

Rules of visit

During a visit to an Orthodox church must follow these rules.    In the Orthodox Church not sit exception can only be unhealthy.    Should speak softly so as not to disturb people around.    Men in front of the temple are required to remove the headpiece.    Women, on the contrary, must be in the temple with his head covered.    According to a strict canons of women should not go into a holy temple in the pants    short skirts and makeup on her face.