Mary Magdalene Lutheran church, Lutheran church building in Pavlovsk, Russia

Mary Magdalene Lutheran Church is a red-brick Gothic-style church built in 1885 to a design by court architect Alexander Vidov. It has double choirs and was built for 1,100 seats; its length is 40 metres. The bell tower was blown up in 1941, the side towers were removed in the 1950s, and a floor was added, so the historical appearance is distorted. The building now houses the Pavlovsk Experimental Station of the Vavilov Institute, with an entrance cut on the east side where the altar stood.

The parish of Venjoki, founded in 1641, was the largest Lutheran parish in Ingria. The present red-brick church replaced a wooden church of 1803 and was built from 1883 to a design by court architect Alexander Vidov; it was consecrated on 1 November 1885. The last service was held on 19 September 1937, when pastor Pekka Braks was arrested; the building was handed to an experimental plant station in 1938.

The parish of Venjoki, named after the SlavYanka river, was founded in 1641 and grew into the largest Lutheran parish in Ingria, with 12,954 members by 1917. Its choir festivals, such as the second all-Ingrian song festival held here in 1903, were landmarks of local Lutheran life. Since 1937 the building has served secular uses, and today the former nave is an assembly hall of the Pavlovsk experimental station.

The building now houses the Pavlovsk Experimental Station of the VIR, and the entrance was cut through the east side, where the altar once stood. The former nave serves as an assembly hall, so visits depend on the station's working conditions rather than on service times.

The building is still occupied by the Pavlovsk Experimental Station of the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (VIR). The entrance was cut through the east side, where the altar once stood, and the former worship hall now serves as an assembly hall. The bell tower was blown up in 1941, and in the 1950s the side towers were removed and a storey added.