The construction in the pseudo-style - the Church of St. Catherine - is on Malaya Konyushennaya Str., 1, on the corner of the alley Swedish. In the church of St. Catherine is located Evangelical Lutheran parish Elkras (old abbreviation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia and other countries). Service in the church are in Swedish and Russian languages.

Organized by the community was in the 17th century, in 1640 in Nienschanz (Swedish fortress, which was the main fortified city of Nyen). Church of St. Catherine originally belonged to the Church of Sweden. As a result of the fact that after the Great Northern War (between Sweden and the Union of the northern states of the Baltic lands) was given Ingermanlandia Russia, in St. Petersburg it was moved some residents. Beginning in 1703 in the church began to organize the meeting, which held in a private house Pastor Jacob Maydelin.

In the area of ​​the current Nevsky Prospect in 1734, the community receives a gift of land from the Empress Anna Ivanovna. On this site the first church was built of wood in honor of St. Anne. Later, between the communities (Finnish and Swedish) was divided. Finns settled in the same area (now it is placed Finnish church of St. Mary), and the Swedes built a house for prayer in a different place, where in 1767 (17 May) was founded Church of St. Catherine, which is built of stone. The church then repeatedly subjected to restructuring. The consecration of the church took place in 1769, May 29. It was a stone church, accommodating 300 worshipers, created by the architect Yuri Felten Matveyevich.

In 1863 (December 28) was also a new church that can take already 1200 members. The architect of the project was Carl Anderson Karlovic, who was born in Sweden (Stockholm), but lived and studied in St. Petersburg. The church is made in the pseudo-style, is a window-rose. The amount spent on the construction of the church was estimated at one hundred thousand. The main contributor (churchwarden) to build is a Swedish Count Armfelt five thousand rubles in donations singled out as the Emperor Alexander II. Munich professor Tirsch canvases were painted religious subjects for the church. The best architects of St. Petersburg Count Armfelt entrusted to work on the church interior. In addition, later in the church put the body. The church, consecrated in 1865 (November 28), survived to this day. The church contains two shelters (for girls and boys), parish school, almshouse charity.

The parishioners of the church is the family of famous people such as Nobel Lidval, Carl Faberge. Carl Mannerheim, later Field Marshal and President of Finland, chose for his wedding this particular church. The largest number of parishioners parish had in the late 19th century and was about seven thousand people.

Parish Church lasted until 1934 and was closed during the religious persecution. After the church was closed, its buildings are in different time many organizations, one of the last of which has become a sports school for children and youth. Owned by the parish house after the revolution was also nationalized.

In the early 1990s, the service in the church was again continued. In the order of arrival of the church building was completely restored in 2005. Despite the fact that the Swedish Lutheran parish is, it does not belong to the parish of the Church of Sweden and belongs to the parish Elkras. In addition, along with the Lutheran Church, conducted the service and the Church of England.

Currently, the church choir there, club, church school. In addition, the advent of the church hosts a variety of events cultural orientation. Services are held on Sundays, twice a month - in Swedish, in the other Sunday - in Russian.