The administration of St. Petersburg refused to return the church building to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria

The administration of St. Petersburg refused the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria to return to it the church building of the end of the 18th century.

May 7, 2018 administration of St. Petersburg refused the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria to return her church buildings of the end of the 18th century, located on Kirochnaya Street, where before the revolution was a residential building of the Lutheran Church of St. Anne.

" The building is not may be classified as religious property and, accordingly, not may be transferred to the ownership of a religious organization under federal law ,” the Smolny decision says. The authorities noted that historically, the building housed the Mariinsky shelter for girls and an orphanage for boys, the rest of the premises “were rented out for trading premises and apartments."

Sources

• Smolny refused to transfer the historical building to the Evangelical Lutheran Church // Interfax-religion. May 7, 2018