Loved the magnificent and towering exterior. Very different from the catherdrals found in Europe or North America. Still bears testimony of the brutal wounds of WWII on the exteriour. Blasts from mortars, bullets and tankshells but fortunately not worse.

Impressive and humbling. Please no photos, to respect services going on.

We visited more than once. Lucky enough to be staying nearby, we saw Kazan daily. On our first visit, we saw a mass being held and confession being held. Very different than I've known in the Russian Orthodox Church back home.

This looks like the most European of the churches we saw, but upon entering it was the only church we visited that seemed alive and full of spirit. LOVED it! Babushkas kissing icons and lighting candles, people lined up in a long line at one particular icon, thick clouds of incense.......free to enter but consider making a donation and lighting... More

Russians stand in huge lines in order to light her a candle and ask for something, it's amazing to see this side of the russian culture!

This is a active church so they don't charge you to get in, that said the place needs a clean and a renovation. There are long queues to offer devotion at the famous icon so it's hard to get a look at this but it is the overall place is worth seeing.

Centrally located & free (donations toward restoration are nice!). Magnificent.

Having seen the other reviews perhaps we had over-raised our expectations about this Cathedral. Also having already visited the St Nicholas, St Isaacs and Peter & Paul Fortress Cathedrals we were rather disappointed with The Cathedral of our Lady of Kazan. The outside architecture is odd with huge 'wings leading to the entrance seemingly without any purpose. Inside the Church... More

This impressive Russian orthodox cathedral, named after the "miraculous" icon of Our Lady of Kazan, is located at: 2, Nevsky Prospekt, Kazanskaya Square. It's interior boasts impressive columns, sculptures and icons by a variety of famous russian artists.