Alexander Nevsky Kirke, Copenhagen

In the next block, on the right side of Bredgade, there is the Church of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky (Alexander Nevsky Kirke on the map). The first Orthodox chapel appeared in Copenhagen at the house of the Russian envoy in the middle of the 18th century. The large temple on Bredgade was built thanks to the efforts of Empress Maria Feodorovna, a Dane by birth (Princess Dagmar, daughter of King Christian IX). In 1881, the Russian government allocated 300,000 rubles, 70,000 of which were allocated from the family funds of Alexander III. The cathedral was designed by Professor of the Imperial Academy of Arts David Ivanovich Grimm, Director of the Danish Academy of Arts Professor Ferdinand Meldahl and Copenhagen architect Albert Nielsen. The temple was built in the Russian-Byzantine style of red brick. The facade is decorated along the front with white sandstone according to a drawing by the artist A. K. Fischer. The lower floor is lined with gray granite. On August 29 (September 10), 1883, in the presence of Emperor Alexander III, Empress Maria Feodorovna and King Christian IX of Denmark, the church was consecrated in the name of St. Alexander Nevsky.

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