🏛 Church of St Panteleimon

ул. Пестеля, 2А

A small Baroque church by the Fontanka with memorial plaques on its walls about Peter I's naval victories.

The church is dedicated to Panteleimon because on his feast day Peter I's fleet beat the Swedes at Gangut (1714) and Grengam (1720).
The stone church was built in 1735–1739 to a design by Ivan Korobov, on the site of a church for workers of the Particular Shipyard.
In 1833–1834 Pushkin lived across the street and often attended services here.
In 1854 a priest was called from here to Tchaikovsky's dying mother; later the composer always dropped into this church.
The plaques listing the regiments that fought at Gangut and Grengam were fixed to the facade in 1914.
The Panteleimonovsky Bridge and the former Panteleimonovskaya Street — now Pestel Street — are named after the church.

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