Church of the Nativity of John the Forerunner on Stone Island

The Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist is a functioning Orthodox church located in St. Petersburg. It was built in 1778 in the style of pseudo-Gothic, at present it is part of the Petrograd deanery district and belongs to the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Initially, the temple was erected at the wheelchair home of sailors of the Baltic Fleet, its architect was J. M. Felten. The church was then transferred to the Order of Malta, immediately after Paul I became its head. In 1799, a cemetery of brave Maltese cavaliers was built at the temple, and in 1937 the church was closed, and all its property disappeared without a trace. It was returned to the parish only in 1989, and in November 1990 services were resumed there.

Currently, the John Church is a bright representative of the pseudo-Gothic style, from afar its appearance resembles a Catholic church. The temple is an unplastered building, lined with red brick with a high pointed dome of gray color. Above the entrance to the monastery stands a one-tiered bell tower, in which there is a belfry. Every year, this place attracts thousands of tourists, many of them note that after visiting the temple, they find peace of mind and balance.