Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God, St. Petersburg

The Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God was built for the St. Petersburg Orthodox Diocesan Brotherhood, founded in 1884 to promote parish education, missionary work, and church singing.

Designed by architect Nikolai Nikonov, construction began in 1890 and continued until 1897. The lower church, dedicated to Saint Boniface, was consecrated in 1893, while the principal upper church of the Intercession of the Mother of God was consecrated in 1897. The building is a notable example of the late nineteenth-century Russian Revival style, drawing on pre-Petrine church architecture. Its brick exterior incorporates ornamental masonry, arched openings, decorative bands, domes, and a tall bell tower. Nikonov also designed the original furnishings and a distinctive colored-majolica iconostasis, while the interior walls were extensively painted by icon painters working under artist Serebryakov. The church was closed in 1936 and subsequently used for workshops, industrial purposes, and storage. Its interior was heavily altered, much original decoration disappeared, and the upper bell tower was dismantled. In 1989, the building was transferred to an Evangelical Christian Baptist congregation, which worshipped there for more than two decades.

The building returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2012 and became a dependency of the Antonievo-Dymsky Monastery. Restoration has since focused on recovering its architectural appearance and religious function. Today, it again operates as an active Orthodox church connected with the history of the former diocesan brotherhood.