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In May 1995 control of the cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1997, after additional restoration work, it was reopened for religious services. [4] From July 2017, the cathedral underwent large-scale reconstruction, which ended on October 28, 2020. The cathedral is currently open to the public, and welcomes newcomers and ...
The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God is located on top of the Tsarevets hill, overlooking the modern city of Veliko Tarnovo. The church was part of a group of buildings which constituted the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate and acted as the city and the country's main cathedral. [ 1 ]
The Orthodox cathedral of the Ascension of Christ (Вознесенский собор) is a Russian Orthodox church in Zheleznodorozhny City District of Novosibirsk, Russia. History [ edit ]
The cathedral has a distinctive collection of Orthodox iconography. The icon of Jesus the Pantocrator (or Almighty) is the largest Orthodox icon of Jesus in the Americas. Reverend Father Thomas J. Paris served as Ascension's pastor from 1971 until his retirement nearly four decades later.
The Ascension Cathedral in the town of Sophia (now a part of Pushkin) in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, was one of the first purely Palladian churches to be built in Russia. Rather paradoxically, it may also be defined as "the first example of Byzantinism in Russian architecture ".
The Russian Orthodox Convent of the Ascension, built in 1870, is located about 200 meters northeast of the chapel. [18] It now houses about 40 nuns. [19] Across the street stands the Muslim Makassed Hospital. Further away to the northeast is the German Protestant Ascension Church, part of the Augusta Victoria compound.
The church was declared a National Historic Landmark for its architecture, and for its role in the history and culture of Alaska. [2] [3] It is the second cathedral church of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, after St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka (which is also a National Historic Landmark).
Ascension Convent in the Moscow Kremlin (demolished) Ascension of the Lord Cathedral, Târgu Mureș Co-Cathedral of the Ascension of the Lord, Kecskemét , Hungary