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The oldest
Russian-Orthodox church on German soil was built in 1829 and has
been used continuously ever since. The church is the center of
http://www.alexandrowka.de/indexenglisch.html>Alexandrowka, a
settlement of thirteen wooden houses in Russian style in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam>Potsdam, which were built
between 1826 and 1827 on special wish of the former Prussian king,
Friedrich Wilhelm III. Originally the colony was the home of the
Russian singers of the First Prussian Regiment of the Guards.
The building was originally designed by Wassily Petrowitsch
Stassow, an architect from St. Petersburg, Russia, and later
enhanced by the famous German architect Karl Friedrich
Schinkel.
The church still holds services every sunday at noon and out of
respect for worshipers, we didn’t take any pictures
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