Saint Catherine Cathedral, Orthodox church in Kingisepp, Russia

Saint Catherine Cathedral is a 45-metre-high Orthodox church built in 1764–1782 to a design by Antonio Rinaldi. Its plan is an equilateral cross with rounded ends, four small round towers set diagonally, and a three-tier bell tower attached to the west facade. The brick walls rest on a plinth of six rows of cut limestone slabs, and the building is crowned by five domes, the central one on a 9-metre-wide, 10-metre-high drum.

Construction began in 1764 under the patronage of Catherine II, with Italian architect Antonio Rinaldi directing the project. The cathedral emerged during a period when Russia was adopting European architectural influences in its religious buildings.

The name honours Saint Catherine of Alexandria, to whom the cathedral was consecrated on 6 April 1783. The icons were painted by G. I. Kozlov, a professor at the Academy of Arts. From October 1979 to May 1990 the building housed the "Old Yamburg" exhibition of the Kingisepp museum; Patriarch Alexy II visited on 13 September 1990.

The cathedral stands on Kingisepp's main square, with the main entrance through the three-tiered bell tower on the west side and a second door on the south facade. Both entrances have granite steps, and the main porch is the largest. The building is 45 m high, so it can be used as a landmark when orienting yourself in the town centre.

The 1965–1979 restoration did not replace the lost 19th-century stucco decoration: garlands, brackets, volutes between the drum windows and 32 alabaster vases that once adorned the cupolas and bell-tower tiers are still missing. The facades regained their historical colours only in summer 2004.