"Alexander Nevsky Cathedral"

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is Tallinn’s largest and grandest orthodox cupola cathedral. It is dedicated to Saint Alexander Nevsky who rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over Swedish invaders, specifically the Battle of the Neva and the Battle on the Ice in 1242 on Lake Peipus, in the territorial waters of present-day Estonia.

He preserved separate statehood and Orthodoxy. The Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow canonized Alexander Nevsky as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547.