A range of religious denominations offer church services in English (and other languages) both for the expatriate and tourist communities.
• Anglican/Episcopalian Open Christianity Centre, 4/6 Chernoretsky Pereulok (opposite Metro Ploschad Alexandra Nevskovo) English services take place on the first Sunday of every month at 10am. Contact Reverend Stewart Robertson, T. 277-8750.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Dom Aktyora, 86 Nevsky Prospect. Services at 9:30am and 1pm. Sacrament, Sunday school and Priesthood/Relief Society (in Russian with English translation). Mission office T. 119-6148.
• Jewish: Every Friday night at sundown, Shabbat services by Chabad-Lubavtich. The Grand Choral Synagogue, 2 Lermontovsky Pr. (Service in Hebrew)."The Small Synagoge": daily services at 9:30am, Friday evenings after sunset, and Saturdays at 11am."Grand Synagoge": services Saturdays at 9:30am. Kiddush following services. Also Jewish classes and advise on kosher food. T.113-6209.
• Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church, St Anne's Church (now the Spartak Cinema), 8 Saltikova-Shchedrena Ul. (near Metro Chernyshevskaya). German language service every Sunday, 10:30am. Contact Pastor Frank, T. 311-2423.
• Non-denominational Bible classes in English Every Tuesday at 5:20pm in Room 204, Philological Faculty, English Department (Eastern Wing), Universitetskaya Embankment.• Home chapel, 5 Oranienbaumskaya Ul. (Shelgunov House of Culture), Room 50, 3rd Floor. Services Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 6:30pm; Bible Hour in English 7pm-8pm; Sunday Mass ata 11am.• Charismatic Christ Church, located in the Palace of Youth at Professora Popova 47, has services on Sundays at noon and Wednesday night at 6pm. Translators are available for all church events. Call Dennis at 292-0605 for more information.
• Roman Catholic • Our Lady of Lourdes at Kovensky Pereulok (just off Mayakovskaya Ul.). Sunday masses: 11:30am Benediction (Latin & Russian) 1:30pm English mass 3:30pm Polish mass 5:00pm German mass • St Catherine's, 34/36 Nevsky Prospect Sunday mass: 9:30am Mass in French (readings in English and Italian)
• The Salvation Army The St Petersburg Central Corp holds evangelical worship services (in Russian and English) every Sunday at 11am at 19 Bolshaya Monetnaya Ulitsa (off Kamenoostrovsky Pr. between the Petrogradskaya and Gorkovskaya metros). For more information other activities (in Russian and English), T. 234-0368.
• Russian Orthodox: Those wanting to visit a Russian Orthodox Church service can attend one at the Classical Trinity Cathedral in the grounds of the Alexandra Nevskovo Lavra monastery. The monastery is located across the street from Alexandra Nevskovo metro. Services: Early liturgy 9am, evening service 6pm. (Most Orthodox women wear head coverings in church - normally scarves.)
• Unitarian Universalist Detskaya Biblioteka, 8 3rd Sovetskaya Ul.. Services at 1pm. Contact Anna Stastiya, Tel: 273-6769.