On 30 July of 1914 Anfisa and Adrian had Wedding Ceremony in The Rozhdestvensky temple in St. Petersburg.

The Rozhdestvensky temple in St. Petersburg was consecrated in honor of the birth of Jesus Christ (Rozhdestvenskaya).

Ten streets in this district  and all area were named Rozhdestvensky  in honor of this  church.

Instead of the disassembled wooden church in 1787 was completed the remarkable stone temple. This temple has become one of the most beautiful in St. Petersburg.

This temple was destroyed in 1934 during the Stalinist period.

The   Rozhdestvenskaya  Chirch  in 1905.

The place whereThe  Rozhdestvenskaya  Chirch  have to be. (2012). 

The Rozhdestvensky temple in St. Petersburg (1900).

 This temple was one of the first in St. Petersburg which was built in the style of early classicism. Its facade is designed in Italian style, and three relatively small head (dome and belfry on the front two corners) is strongly reminiscent of the building of Holy Trinity Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery (1900).

The interior of the Church. 1900

The terrible World War started in 1914.

This War  changed the fate of millions of people in the Russian Empire and around the world.

At the same time was   happened the most important event in life of my GrandMa and GrandPa. On 30 July of 1914  they had   Wedding Ceremony in The Rozhdestvensky temple in St. Petersburg.

After this event everything was made in accordance with Paragraph 11 of the order on the conducting  of passports in  the Russian Empire “The changes which have taken place in the  public or marital status of the owner of a passport book”.

There was  made the following entry in passport book of my Dad:

“Today on 30 July of 1914 merchant's son Adrian Fedorovich Timofeev was  married with a  young lady from a burghers of the St. Petersburg Anfisa Antonovna Kramskaya Orthodox virgin 23 years old.

The rector of the church

The deacon of the church”.

                                            Anfisa and me after   Wedding Ceremony.