Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is known to Petersburgers as the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood - or even just the Church on the Blood.The Church of the Resurrection of Christ in St. Petersburg, popularly called “Savior on Spilled Blood,” is a memorial temple erected in memory of the tragic death of Emperor Alexander II. The cathedral stands above the site of the Tsar’s mortal wound. Here, on the embankment of the Catherine Canal (now the Griboyedov Canal), the emperor was mortally wounded by the Narodnaya Volya revolutionaries on March 1, 1881, old style. The tragic event that shocked the entire country became the impetus for the creation of the Temple-Monument, the Temple of the people’s repentance for the murder of their king. This monument UNESCO World Heritage Site. #Russia #stpetersburg #saintpetersburg #churchoftheresurrection #orthodox #spilledblood #church #cathedral #savior #jesussavior #unesco #unescoworldheritagesite #russianorthodox #discover #architecture #unique #amazaing #saintpetersbourg #cathédrale #larésurrectionduchrist #tsar #découvrir #histoire #voyage #francerussie #Россия #санктпетербург #питер #храмбожий #спаснакрови #иисусхристос #православие #православные #снамиБог #реканева #спасиисохрани #воскресенье