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Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia




Kazan Cathedral or Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg. It is dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan, probably the most venerated icon in Russia.


喀山教堂位于圣彼得堡的涅瓦大街上,由俄罗斯建筑师沃罗尼欣设计,于1801年8月开始奠基仪式。教堂以古罗马圣彼得教堂为原本,历经10年于1811年竣工。但是由于教堂的正门面向北方,侧面面临涅瓦大街很不美观。所以,在教堂东面竖立94根科尼斯式半圆型长柱长廊使喀山教堂变成典型的俄式教堂。

在喀山教堂竣工后里面供奉俄罗斯最灵验的喀山圣母像,喀山圣母像曾经多次显灵。第一次显灵于伊凡雷帝时期。在于蒙古战争时期,多次显灵使蒙古大军不战而逃。第二次显灵于俄法战争,元帅库图佐夫在反攻前到喀山教堂到喀山圣母前祈祷,圣母托梦给库图佐夫将出现从没有过的寒流,这次寒流使拿破仑军队不战而逃冻死过半,而且全无战斗力,使库图佐夫一战成功。第三次显灵于第二次世界大战,东正教教皇向喀山圣母像祈祷,聖母再次托梦给教皇说寒流将第二次出现,这次寒流使德军冻死过半,坦克无法开动,飞机无法起飞,手无法扣动扳机。喀山圣母像在每次都会消失。现在喀山圣母像保存在美国的博物馆内,但是俄罗斯人民相信当俄罗斯再次出现灾难的时候将会再次出现。

现在喀山教堂内安葬了俄罗斯著名元帅库图佐夫的骨灰,他墓碑两边挂满了库图佐夫在俄法战争攻陷城市的市旗和钥匙,于教堂的前方由著名雕塑家阿格诺夫雕刻的库图佐夫的雕塑,在他旁边是与其同期的元帅巴克来德托利的雕塑。


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