The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, built on the site of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, is in which Russian city?
Church of the Savior on Blood Church of the Savior on Blood The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (, "Tserkovʹ Spasa na Krovi") is one of the main sights of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Other names include the "Church on Spilled Blood" (, "Tserkov’ na Krovi"), the "Temple of the Savior on Spilled Blood" (, "Khram Spasa na Krovi"), and the "Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ" (, "Sobor Voskreseniya Khristova"). This church was built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was fatally wounded by political nihilists in March 1881. The church was built between 1883 and 1907. The construction was funded by the
Church of the Savior on Blood Gates (permanently lost in the 1920s during the Soviet period). Entirely produced with enamels and based on the pictures and lithographies of the time, the new Holy Gates were designed by V. J. Nikolsky and S. G. Kochetova and reified by the famous enamel artist L. Solomnikova and her atelier. Orthodox bishop Amvrosij of Gatchina celebrated the consecration of these new Holy Gates on 14 March 2012, the 129th anniversary of Alexander II's assassination. Church of the Savior on Blood The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (, "Tserkovʹ Spasa na Krovi") is one of the main sights of