Construction in psevdoromanskom manner – the Church of St. Catherine is located on Malaya Konyushennaya ul., building 1, on the corner of the Swedish alley. In Saint Catherine's Church is the Evangelical Lutheran congregation ELCROS (old abbreviation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia and other countries). Services at the Church are conducted in Swedish and Russian languages.

Organized community was in the 17th century, in 1640 in Nienschanz (Swedish fortress, which was the main fortification of the town Nyen). St Catherine's Church originally belonged to the Swedish Church. As a result of the fact that after the great Northern war (between Sweden and the Union of Northern States for the Baltic lands) Russia was given Ingria, in St. Petersburg was displaced some residents. Since 1703 in the Church began to organize meetings in a private house was conducted by pastor James Madelin.

In the present Nevsky Prospekt in 1734, the community receives a gift of land from the Empress Anna Ioannovna. On this site was erected the first Church made of wood in honor of St. Anna. Later, between communities (Finnish and Swedish) there was a division. The Finns settled on the same section (now there is a Finnish Church. Mary), and the Swedes erected a house of prayer in another place, where in 1767 (may 17) was laid in the Church of St. Catherine which was built of stone. The Church then has undergone a makeover. The consecration of the Church took place in 1769, may 29. It was a stone Church with a capacity of 300 parishioners, created by the architect Velten jury Matveyevich.

In 1863 (December 28) was laid for a new Church, capable of taking 1200 parishioners. The project architect was Anderson Karl Karlovich, who was born in Sweden (in Stockholm), but lived and studied in St. Petersburg. The Church building is made in pseudomomentum style, has a box-rose. The amount spent on the construction of the Church was estimated at one hundred thousand. The main contributor (churchwarden) was a Swedish count Armfelt, five thousand rubles in the form of donations allocated as the Emperor Alexander II. The Munich Professor Tarsem were painted canvases of religious subjects for churches. The best architects of St. Petersburg, count Armfelt has entrusted the work of Church interiors. In addition, later in the Church set the body. The Church, consecrated in 1865 (28 November), has been preserved to our days. The Church contained two shelters (for girls and boys), parish school, a hospice, a charity society.

Parishioners of the Church were the families of such famous people like Nobel, Lidval, Carl Faberge. Carl Mannerheim, later field Marshal and President of Finland, chose for their wedding this Church. The greatest number of parishioners had in the late 19th century and was approximately seven thousand people.

Parish lasted until 1934 and was closed during the period of religious persecution. After the Church was closed in her room was in different times many organizations, one of the last among them was a sport school for children and youth. Owned by the arrival of a dwelling house after the revolution was also nationalized.

In the early 1990-ies the divine services in the Church were again continued. At the disposal of the parish, the Church building was returned in 2005. Despite the fact that the Lutheran parish is Swedish, he is not included in the Swedish parish Church, and belongs to the parish of ELCROS. In addition, along with a Lutheran congregation, shall be held and the service of the English Church.

At present, the Church also has a choir, club, Church school. In addition, the Church hosts a variety of cultural orientation activities. Services are held on Sundays, twice a month, in Swedish, the other Sundays in Russian.