Saint Sophia Cathedral

The Cathedral of St. Sophia in Pushkin was laid on August 10, 1782, in the presence of the imperial family after the liturgy in the wooden Constantine and Helen Church. In the 19th century, the Hussar Regiment turned it into a military museum, decorating the walls with marble plaques in honor of their victories. In 1791–1793, paintings for the temple were created by I. I. Belsky, and in the 2000s, mosaics by the workshop of Ekaterina Ogorodnikova appeared in the wall niches. Among the shrines of the cathedral are kept the icon of Joasaph of Belgorod with a particle of relics, a copy of the icon of the Mother of God "Three-Handed," and the icon of the Hieromartyr John of Tsarskoye Selo.