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Annenkirche, Saint Petersburg

Lutheran churches in Saint PetersburgNeoclassical architecture in Russia
Немецкая лютеранская церковь св. Анны08
Немецкая лютеранская церковь св. Анны08

St. Anne's Church (Annenkirche in German; церковь Святой Анны in Russian) is a Lutheran church in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1775-1779 by Georg Friedrich Veldten for the German community in a Neoclassical style with Ionic columns. After the church was closed in 1935, architect Alexander Gegello had it transformed into a cinema (called Spartak). At the beginning of the 21st century a nightclub opened inside the building and it was damaged by a fire. The building was restored in 2012-2013 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria, its new owner. Every Sunday morning, there is a worship service in Russian, and during the school year there is a service in English. Several rooms in the building house exhibitions by modern painters.

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Лютеранская церковь Святой Анны (Анненкирхе)

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191028 Saint Petersburg (Литейный округ)
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