Inside of St Isaac’s Cathedral in St Petersburg, Russia || Orthodox Church || Orthodox Christmas
St Isaac’s Cathedral or isaki of ski sober is a large architectural Landmark Cathedral that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services in St Petersburg Russia it is dedicated to St Isaac of Dalmatia a patron saint of Peter the Great who had been born on
The feast day of that Saint it was originally built as a cathedral but was turned into a museum by the Soviet government in 1931 and has remained a museum ever since with church services held in a side Chapel since the 19 1990s in 2017 the governor of St Petersburg
Offered to transfer the cathedral back to the Russian Orthodox church but this was not accomplished due to the protests of St Petersburg citizens opposing the offer the cathedral’s main Dome Rises 101.5 M its exterior is gilded the Dome is decorated with 12 statues of Angels by Joseph Herman these Angels were
Likely the first large sculptures produced by the then novel process of electrotyping which was an alternative to traditional bronze casting of sculptures Doon fent’s design of the Dome is based on a Supporting Cast Iron structure it was the third historical instance of cast iron Cula after the leaning tower of neans
1,732 and M’s Cathedral 1,826 with an internal height of 69 M from the floor to the level of the Oculus it ranks among the tallest domes in the world the cathedral bronze doors covered in reliefs by Ivon viy are patterned after the celebrated doors of the btio D San Giovani in Florence
Designed by Lorenzo gyber suspended underneath the peak of the Dome is a sculpted White Dove representing the Holy Spirit internal features such as columns pilasters floor and statue of Mont Fen are composed of multicolored granits and marbles gathered from all parts of Russia the iconostasis is framed by eight Columns of semi-precious
Stone six of of Malachite and two smaller ones of lazarit the four pediments are also richly sculpted the interior was originally decorated with scores of paintings by Carl brolo and other great Russian masters of the day when these paintings began to deteriorate due to the cold damp conditions inside the cathedral mon Fen
Ordered them to be painstakingly reproduced as mosaics a technique introduced in Russia by Mel lanoso this work was never completed the church on St Isa Square was ordered by star Alexander I to replace an earlier structure by venzo Brena and was the fourth consecutive Church standing at this place a specially appointed
Commission examined several designs including that of the frenchorn architect Augusta deont feren 1786 to 1858 who had studied in the atellier of Napoleon’s designer Charles perer Mont fen’s design was criticized by some members of the commission for the dry and allegedly boring rhythm of its four identical pediment OCTA style
Porticos it was also suggested that despite gigantic Dimensions the edifice would look Squat and not very impressive the members of the commission which consisted of well-known Russian Architects were also particularly concerned by necessity to build a new huge building on the old unsecure Foundation the Emperor who favored the
Ponderous empire style of architecture had to step in and solve the dispute in Mont fen’s favor the cathedral took 40 years to construct under Mont fen’s direction from 1,818 to 1858 do to secure the construction the cathedral’s foundation was strengthened by driving 25,000 piles into the Finland of St Petersburg Innovative methods were
Created to erect the giant Columns of the Portico the construction costs of the cathedral totaled an incredible sum of 1 000000 gold rubles under the Soviet government the building was stripped of religious trappings in 1931 it was turned into the museum of the history of religion and Atheism the
Dove sculpture was removed and replaced by a Fuko pendulum on April 12th 1931 the first public demonstration of the Fuko pendulum was held to visualize copernicus’s theory in 1937 the museum was transformed into the museum of the cathedral and former collections were transferred to the Museum of the history of religion
Located in the Kazan Cathedral during World War II the Dome was painted over in Gray to avoid attracting attention from enemy aircraft on its top in the Skylight a geodesical intersection point was placed to determine the positions of German artillery batteries with the fall of Communism the museum was removed and
Regular worship activity has resumed in the cathedral but only in the left-and side Chapel the main body of the cathedral is used for services on feast days only on January 10th 2017 Georgie Paul tchenko the governor of St Petersburg announced that the cathedral would be transferred to the Russian
Orthodox Church the key Protocols of the transfer were defined by the order issued by St petersburg’s committee on property relations on December 30th 2016 the document expired on December 30th 2018 the New Order can be issued upon request from the Russian Orthodox church but no such request has yet been sub
Ited the transfer of St Isaac’s cathedral in use the rock agreed in January 2017 but the decision has caused discontent of the town’s people who defended the status of the museum the decision of the city authorities was disputed in the courts currently the status of the building is Museum today
Church services are held here only on ecclesiastical occasions on October 1st 2021 Grand Duke George movich of Russia and Victoria romanovna bini married at the Cathedral in the first Royal Wedding to take place in Russia since 1917 the neoclassical exterior expresses the traditional Russian byzantin formula
Of a Greek crossr plan with a large Central Dome and four subsidiary domes it is similar to Andrea Poo’s Villa cap raro Tunda with a full Dome on a high drum substituted for the Villa’s low Central saucer Dome the design of the cathedral in general and the dome in
Particular later influenced the design of the United States Capital Dome Wisconsin state capital in Madison Wisconsin and the Lutheran cathedral in Helsinki the exterior is faced with gray and pink stone and features a total of 112 red granite columns with Corinthian capitals each Hune and erected as a
Single block 48 at ground level 24 on the Rotunda of the uppermost Dome eight on each of four side domes and two framing each of four Windows the Rotunda is encircled by a walkway accessible to tourists 24 statues stand on the roof and another 24 on top of the Rotunda The Columns
Were made in Peter L quy in virti Finland For The La The The N Oh La The Oh
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
▶️ SUBSCRIBE – https://www.youtube.com/c/BestofEuropewithMaged/featured
🔔 CLICK THE BELL AND TURN ON THE NOTIFICATION
👍 FACEBOOK PAGE – https://www.facebook.com/TravellerMaged
📸 INSTAGRAM : Best of Europe with Maged