Thursday June 27 - St Petersburg

The Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, is better known as the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood as it marks the spot where Tsar Alexander II was fatally wounded in an assassination attempt on March 1, 1881. It was closed during the period of Stalinist Russia and used as a storage facility for, among other things, heavy machinery from one of the local opera theatres, This plus damage from the WWII siege of Leningrad resulted in lots of damage as well as theft of valuable icons. Renovations were begun in the early 70s and restoration was completed in 1997. The walls are covered in Mosaic illustrations of the life and works of Jesus as well as various apostles and saints.

Site of the Assassination of Tsar Alexander II

Mosaic depictions of Miracles of Jesus