Roman Pillars and Eastern Seminaries

It has been a while; however, I am pretty sure this was a shot I took of a Russian Orthodox Seminary (праваславная семинария). You may know that the Christian Church split in 1054 C.E. over a complex of issues, which left the Roman Catholic Church distinct from the Eastern Orthodox Church, which includes the Russian Orthodox Church. What is intriguing to me here is that the pillars at this Eastern seminary we find Western, Roman styled pillars in the architecture. Where's Dan Brown when you need someone to make up an unbelievably paranoid conspiracy story?

Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Date: November 19, 2001