Saint Paul's Cathedral (Gatchina)

The cubic building of St. Paul's Cathedral in Gatchina stands on a high podklet, and its semicircular apse and the projection of the central part of the western wall make it cruciform in plan. Both side chapels and the main altar were consecrated on the same day — June 29, 1852, and the main entrance is decorated with a semi-circular perspective portal with a rose window. In 1891, a two-story stone building of a parish school for boys and girls was built next to the cathedral. After the war, Archpriest Pyotr Belavsky, the rector, restored the annual solemn celebration of the Day of the Transfer of the Maltese Shrines to Gatchina on October 12.