Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox church in Peterhof is related to the St. Petersburg diocese of the ROC.

In 1892, the head of the court clergy Protopresbyter John Yanysheva was suggested building a new church in Peterhof, since, despite the many temples, the city lacked a church that can accommodate a large number of parishioners. The request came to the Emperor Alexander III, personally identify places near Tsaritsyn (Holguin) pond. In the spring of 1893 the project was approved by the church, executed NV Sultanov. A year later, it began preparations for the construction of the church dug pit, built temporary sheds and house draftsman.

Bookmark the temple took place in the summer of 1895. Manual work is carried architect VA Jambs. For 4 years the building was constructed, then 3 years were plastering works, ventilation and heating. The last 2 years was carried out of the temple and painted iconostasis device. Around the cathedral was laid Square. At the same time, there were buildings parochial schools, power plants and boilers.

The ceremony of consecration of the cathedral took place in June 1905. Its archpriest John Yanyshev held in the presence of the imperial family. The church was declared a courtier agency. By the cathedral is attributed to the Market Square a stone chapel of St. Joseph hymnographers, built in 1868 by architect NL Benoit (demolished in 1957).

In 1938 the church was abolished. During the war, the cathedral was severely damaged. Its northern part was destroyed, as was located here fascist spotter who followed the movement of Soviet ships. There have been attempts to shoot it down. In the postwar years the temple was a warehouse containers.

Since 1972, the church was taken on record, and in 1974 - under the state protection as a cultural and historical monument. At the same time, design works were installed scaffolding. He supervised the work of the architect-restorer EP Sevastyanov. By 1980, at the Council there were domes, and by 1987 to complete all the work on the restoration of facades. The Cathedral was supposed to arrange a concert hall or a museum.

In 1989, the Cathedral Church returned. Since 1990, it carried out the restoration of interior and iconostasis. In July 1994, the temple was consecrated by Patriarch Alexy II.

Peter and Paul Cathedral was built in the forms of Russian architecture of the XVI-XVII centuries. Holds 800 people. Externally, the building of the temple is in the shape of a pyramid. Crowned 5th tented heads. His height - 70 meters. The walls are lined with bricks of dark red and light yellow tones and decorated with glazed tiles and tiles and columns. Apse decorated with blind columnar arcature. The facades were icons of saints - patrons of the imperial family.

The cathedral is surrounded by a covered gallery, which has a special room for the consecration of eggs and Easter cakes. Each of 4 inputs have been planned for the passage of outerwear. On the lateral facades there are stairs to the gallery. By the main entrance adjacent chapel tent belfry and porch 2.

Windows made for interior lighting in the tents, used these days for tourism purposes, as are a magnificent view of St. Petersburg, Kronstadt, Babigon and others.

The main majolica iconostasis was executed on the model of the iconostasis of the Orthodox Greek Church of St. George in Venice. Iconostases chapels and chapels were made from Carrara marble white. Image for the iconostasis on the bronze plaque wrote VP Guryanov.

In the north-eastern part of the cathedral is the confessional; in the north-west - "the chapel for the dead." In the chapel of the cathedral was only 2 burial: Major General DF Trepov (1855-1906), over the grave which had a marble tombstone, and his wife, SS Trepov, who died in 1915. In the late 1930s, their graves were discovered by the authorities, and the remains taken away in an unknown direction (from the grave Trepova seized his sword).