Location St. Petersburg Denomination Roman Catholic Church | Country Russia | |
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The Sacred Heart Church (Russian: Храм Святейшего Сердца Иисусова) It is a Catholic church, built in neo-Gothic style located in the city of St. Petersburg in northern Russia and dependent of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow. It is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is located at 57 Babushkin street.
In 1892 several thousand Catholics, the workers of the Neva district east of the capital and of Polish origin, most sought permission to build a new church that obtained for the fall of 1905. It was then officially dedicated to the Blessed Heart of Jesus. Meanwhile, they met in a near Obukhov factory, under the Church of St. Catherine chapel. The necessary land was purchased 18 November 1906 at the corner of the old street of the cemetery, and in the path of the porcelain factory. Plans for construction were entrusted to the architect Stefan Galenzovski and the first stone was blessed on September 8, 1907, but due to financial difficulties, the main work was completed only in 1912 and the cult began in 1914. The church was consecrated in 1917 after the February revolution. Could not build the tower.
After the fall of the USSR and the end of an atheistic government, the Catholic Church in Russia, like other Christian denominations were again "work" normally. A parish was formed in 1993, which was assigned a part of the building. The first Mass was celebrated on 6 June 1996. The parish obtained the right to recover the entire building in 2003, but the right to build a tower as it was in the original plans was denied by the municipality in 2009.
A restoration began in 2011.