tˈuː jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚ, dʒˈɪjuːsˌɛp tɹɛzˈiːni, ɐ sˈɪɾi ˈɑːɹkɪtˌɛkt tə sənt. pˈiːɾɚzbˌɜːɡ, hæd ðə tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi bᵻhˌaɪnd ðə bˈɪldɪŋ ʌvðə twˈɛlv kˈɑːlɪdʒᵻz klˈɪɹd fɹʌm wˈʊd ænd bˈɪlt ɐ mˈɑːdɪst tˈɪmbɚ tʃˈɜːtʃ, wˌɪtʃ wʌz kˈɑːnsɪkɹˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ fˈiːfən pɹˌɑːkəpˈoʊvɪtʃ ɪnðə nˈeɪm ʌv sˈeɪnt ˈændɹuː ˌɔn ˈeɪt ɑːktˈoʊbɚ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi tˈuː.
Two years later, Giuseppe Trezzini, a city architect to St. Petersburg, had the territory behind the building of the Twelve Colleges cleared from wood and built a modest timber church, which was consecrated by Feofan Prokopovich in the name of Saint Andrew on 8 October 1732.