During his visit to the St. Petersburg Metropolis, on September 10, 2024, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Holy Trinity Church and the church of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky in Krasnoye Selo (Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg). 
At the Church of the Holy Trinity, His Holiness the Patriarch was met by the head of the administration of the Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg, the clergy and parishioners of the temple. 
Archpriest Georgy Volobuyev presented His Holiness with an icon of the Holy Trinity. 
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addressed the audience: "It was with a very special feeling that I entered this temple now. My dad served in this city for ten years — from 1960 to 1970, I studied here in the seventh and eighth grades, then moved to Leningrad, went to work, studied at evening school, but every Saturday and Sunday I came to Krasnoe Selo, where my father, being the rector of the Alexander Nevsky Temple, He performed divine services.
I have very vivid, though not always pleasant, memories associated with this place, because it was a time of persecution of the Church. At school, they demanded that I join the pioneers without fail. I puzzled the teachers by saying that I was ready to tie a red tie at any moment. They were happy to accept my statement, but it was clarified: "on one condition — if you allow me to come to church every Sunday in a red tie and take communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ." To which the answer followed: "This is not possible in any way!" Therefore, I have never been a pioneer; and the time was the so-called Khrushchev persecution, the most difficult in the post-war period from the point of view of church-state relations. It is with this time that my memories of Krasnoye Selo are connected.
And in this building there was a cinema "Pobeda", where we never went, even for the sake of curiosity we did not look. Therefore, for me, visiting this holy place is also connected with memories that I have allowed myself to share with you and once again touch with my mind's eye that very difficult era associated with the real persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church by the authorities.
I am glad to see everything that is here now: a wonderful beautifully restored temple in the center of Krasny Selo. All these are signs of a new, different life that we should cherish. After all, people before the revolution also lived quite well in terms of realizing their religious feelings, and then came the terrible time of persecution. Sometimes the Lord takes us through good periods, but no one knows what might happen in some distant future. Therefore, we must especially strengthen our faith when favorable conditions for manifestations of religious life develop.
I urge all of you to strengthen your faith in the Orthodox faith, visit this wonderful temple, and remember previous generations who could not even dream of services resuming in this place. God's help, strength of strength to His Grace Metropolitan Vladyka, Father George, the entire clergy, local authorities and you, my dear ones!"
His Holiness Vladyka donated an icon of the Holy Trinity to the temple and blessed the parishioners.
Then His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visited the church of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky in Krasnoye Selo.
The primate of the Russian Church was greeted by Archpriest Mikhail Podoley, dean of the Krasnoselsky District of the St. Petersburg Diocese, Archpriest Igor Antonets, rector of the Alexander Nevsky Church in Krasnoye Selo, clergy and parishioners.
In a temporary church built for the period of repair and restoration work in the historic building of the Alexander Nevsky Church, Archpriest Igor Antonets presented His Holiness with a commemorative painting.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill donated an icon of Equal-to-the-Apostles Peter and Paul to the temple.
Then His Holiness got acquainted with the progress of repair and restoration work and approved the interior decoration project of the Alexander Nevsky Church in Krasnoye Selo.
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The first temple in Krasnoye Selo was the wooden church of the Great Martyr Catherine, built during the reign of Catherine I. In 1732, the church burned down; later a military hospital appeared in its place.
In 1733, the construction of a new stone church began. The author of the project was Ivan Blank. On July 20 (31), 1735, the main altar was consecrated. The right side chapel of the Great Martyr Catherine was consecrated in 1737; the left side chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, built in 1738, was consecrated in 1761. The chapel of the Righteous Simeon and Anna was consecrated in 1822.
In 1851-1854, by order of Emperor Nicholas I and designed by architect Alexander Rezanov, with the participation of Augustine Camuzzi, the church was rebuilt and expanded.
In 1937, the entire clergy was shot, and worship services were discontinued.
In February 1942, shortly after the entry of German troops into Krasnoe Selo, the Trinity Church was opened and services were held there until the end of 1943. The temple was damaged in early 1944 during the Soviet counteroffensive.
In 1960, the building was adapted for the house of culture: the dome and the upper tier of the bell tower were demolished.
In December 1994, an Orthodox community was formed, which, with the permission of the administration of the House of Culture, began to partially use the building. The complete transfer of the church to the parish took place in 1998, after which restoration work began.
In 1995, the Trinity Church was included among the objects of historical and cultural heritage as an architectural monument of federal significance.
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In 1865, a complex of buildings of the Krasnoselsky military hospital was built in Krasnoye Selo. In 1885, on the initiative of the commander-in-chief of the Guard troops and the metropolitan military district, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, construction of a hospital church in honor of the blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky was begun.
Built according to the project of military engineer Vladimir Arkadyevich Kolyankovsky, the temple was consecrated on October 2, 1885 by the dean of the Guards clergy, Archpriest Alexander Zhelobovsky, later protopresbyter of the military clergy.
Five years later, the church building began to collapse, state funds were allocated for its repair, but the St. Petersburg merchant of the II guild A.F. Cherepennikov donated capital to build a new wooden church designed by the same architect. Funds allocated by the Military Department and the military field hospital were also invested in the construction, since the hospital temple belonged to the military department.
The construction of the new church took place very quickly: from April to August 1890. On July 16, 1890, the church was consecrated by Archpriest Alexander Zhelobovsky in the concelebration of Archpriest Alexy Stavrovsky, dean of the army churches of St. Petersburg, in the presence of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna.
The Alexander Nevsky Church was built in the Russian style, designed for 500 people. The parishioners of the temple were the ranks of the Krasnoselsky military hospital and the Krasnoselsky garrison, as well as local residents of the nearby Kolomenskaya and Fabrichnaya settlements.
By the decree of the Leningrad Executive Committee of November 21, 1932, the temple was closed. A year later, it was transferred to a neighboring military unit for a utility room.
During the Great Patriotic War, Krasnoye Selo was located in the occupied territory. At the request of local residents, the German command allowed the temple to be opened. After the offensive of the Red Army, the temple was closed again, but in 1946 the parishioners managed to re-open the temple.
On July 2, 1947, after repairs, the church was consecrated by Archpriest Pavel Tarasov, rector of St. Nicholas Epiphany Cathedral. A wooden three-tiered iconostasis with gilded royal gates was brought after the war from the destroyed Alexander Nevsky Church in Thais (Alexandrovka village).
From July 5, 1960 to May 27, 1970, Archpriest Mikhail Gundyaev was the rector of the temple, with a veranda attached to the south side of the temple.
By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 176 dated March 20, 1995, the church was included among the objects of historical and cultural heritage as an architectural monument of federal significance.