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Smolensk Church on Vasilievsky Island — engraving




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"CEMETERY OF THE SMOLENSKO CHURC ON THE VASILI OSTROFF NEAR PETERSBURG'.

 

Technique, Material:   Steel engraving / Paper
Artist: A.G. Vickers, Engraver: Edward Smith
Date, Publisher: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, London, 1850.
Size: sheet 27.5x17.5, image 14x10 cm.

 

Smolensk Church is one of the oldest Orthodox churches in St. Petersburg.
Located at the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery on Vasilyevsky Island.  According to legend, Blessed Xenia of Petersburg participated in the construction of the church, secretly bringing bricks to the construction site at night.

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