#StAndrewsChurch is an 18th CE #Baroque #Rococo masterpiece by Italian architect #FrancescoRastrelli. On this steep hill once stood the 13th CE #ChurchoftheExaltationoftheHolyCross, later lost to fire. Tradition says #StAndrew the #Apostle raised a cross here and foretold divine grace. With turquoise domes, gilded iconostasis & 60+ oil paintings, it opened as a #Museum in 1968.
In Collection: Ecclesiastical Ukraine
