Saint Catherine church in Petrovo, Lutheran church in Petrovo, Russia

Saint Catherine church is a Lutheran place of worship in Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast, built with characteristic architectural features typical of northern European religious buildings. The structure displays careful construction methods and has kept its basic form since completion.

The Skvoritsa Lutheran parish was founded in 1624 by order of the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf, with a first wooden church and rectory at Petrovo. A second wooden church, built in 1762–1763, decayed and was demolished in 1833. Emperor Nicholas I ordered and paid for the present stone church, built in 1834–1839 to a design by D. I. Quadri under architect Alexei Baikov, and consecrated to Saint Catherine. Closed on 9 December 1937, it reopened briefly during the German occupation of 1942–1943 and was badly damaged in the war.

The parish held the first Ingrian song festival in 1899 and the first all-Ingrian Christian youth congress in 1913. Services today are held in Finnish and Russian, and the parish keeps ties with Rautalampi in Finland, which donated the wooden Church of the Resurrection in 1991.

The building sits within the Pudostskoye rural settlement in Gatchinsky District and is easiest to reach via local roads. Visitors should note that the location lies in a rural area and it is wise to check local conditions and weather before visiting.

In 2006 the church was only partly restored: architects Pekka and Ulla Wesamaa placed a wooden casing inside the historic walls to protect them, rather than rebuilding the interior. The bell tower with its spire and cross followed in 2009, and the central portal was finished in 2012. Services are held in the separate wooden Church of the Resurrection, consecrated in 1991.