Karelská šija

náboženské miesta Karelská šija

Sacred Sites of Interest

The Karelian Isthmus contains a diverse range of religious architecture reflecting the region’s complex Russo-Finnish history. This collection highlights Vyborg’s Gothic St. Hyacinth’s Church and the Neoclassical Transfiguration Cathedral, alongside the unique Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, built on a tiny monolithic island in the Vuoksi River. Visitors can explore active Russian Orthodox cathedrals, historic Finnish Lutheran kirhas—including the functionalist stone church in Sevastyanovo—and the 18th-century Annunciation Cathedral in Shlisselburg.

Sacred Sites of Interest — Mapa

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St. Hyacinth's Church, Vyborg

St. Hyacinth's Church is a Gothic building, formerly a church, in Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

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Transfiguration Cathedral

Neoclassical Russian Orthodox cathedral in Vyborg, constructed between 1787 and 1892. It serves as the primary cathedral for the Diocese of Vyborg.

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Church of Andrew the Apostle on Vuoksi River

Wooden Orthodox church built in 2000 on a small rocky island in the Vuoksi River. It is noted for its traditional northern Russian architecture and unique natural setting.

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Cerkov Dimitria Solunskogo

Wooden Russian Orthodox church in the Kolomyagi district, built in 1906. It is one of the few local churches that remained active throughout the Soviet era.

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Hram svatitela Aleksia, mitropolita Moskovskogo

Russian Orthodox temple located in the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg.

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Kirha Vuoksela

Ruins of a Finnish Lutheran church completed in 1929 by architect Ilmari Launis, situated on the shores of the Vuoksi River.

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Hram Svt. Nikolaa Cudotvorca

Orthodox temple dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker.

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Blagovesenskij sobor

The main Orthodox cathedral of Shlisselburg, featuring 18th-century Baroque foundations with later Neoclassical reconstructions.

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Centr bhakti-jogi

Spiritual center dedicated to the practice of Bhakti Yoga and Hinduism.

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Hram Uspenia Presvatoj Bogorodicy

Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, located in the village of Michurinskoye.

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Kirha Svatogo Ioanna

Former Finnish Lutheran church built in 1933. It is a stone structure designed in the functionalist architectural style.

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Hram svatyh apostolov Petra i Pavla

Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul.

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Kirha Vuoksenranta

Stone Finnish Lutheran church completed in 1935, designed by architect Väinö Keinänen in the village of Ozerskoye.

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Casovna

Small Orthodox chapel.

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Hram Svatoj Troicy

Orthodox church dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

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Svato-Uspenskij hram

Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God.