St. Alexander Nevskiy Church

Interesting Churches

We visited here on the last day of our cruise in Kamchatka. It seems that the title wooden church is the original and the grey church is being built next to it and is not yet finished. We couldn't f...

Old or New

This is an interesting church with the concrete church behind this log church in front. Not sure which one is new or old because the concrete church looked like it was damaged. Quite interesting!

cruise ship stop in petropavlovsk

First of all you do not need any type of visa here. We had to tender here, then simply walked into town. If you are able and enjoy walking you can easily get to most sights here in 3 - 4 hours. There ...

Beautiful Wooden Tempe

We visited this temple as it is a significant monument built to commemorate the victory over the Anglo French army in the 1854 battle of Petropavlovsk. We were very interested in the battle, and decid...

A wonderful atmospheric temple in the city centre

Original Text

A small wooden temple in the historic center of the city, welcoming parishioners. No one makes comments. There is a small church shop inside where you can buy the necessary church things (icons, kre ...