Многолетие / Many Years

• День воинской славы России - День победы русского флота в Чесменском сражении • Рождество Иоанна Предтечи (православный праздник) Фотографии: Церковь Рождества Иоанна Предтечи (Чесменская) г. Санкт-Петербург Многоле́тие Музыка А. Гречанинов Литургия св. Иоанна Златоуста № 4 оп. 13 Архиерейский хор Свято-Ильинского кафедрального собора г.Архангельска And for Many Years A. Gretchaninov The Liturgy of St John Chrysostom № 4. Op. 13 Sung here by the Cathedral Choir of Cathedral Archangelsk Photographs: Church of St John the Baptist (Cesme), St. Petersburg The Chesme Church, or to give its full title, The Church of the Nativity of St John the Baptist is, probably, the finest extant Russian Neo-Gothic building in St. Petersburg. The church was built between 1777-1780 by the architect Y.M. Felten to commemorate the victory of the Russian Navy over Turkish forces at Chesme Bay in the Aegean Sea. The church is located across the street from Chesme Palace, which is a great state of decay….. Interestingly, the coffin of Rasputin rested in Chesme Church befor