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Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kievan Rus'.The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex.
View onto the Kyiv Podil with Sts Peter and Paul Church. The Old Cathedral of St. Sophia (Polish: Katedra św. Zofii w Kijowie, Latin: Sancta Sophia, Capitulo et Canonicis Cathedralis Ecclesiae Kioviencis) also called Catholic Cathedral of St. Sophia is the name given to a Catholic cathedral that was in the city of Kyiv, the capital of the European country of Ukraine.
Kyiv: 1990 527ter; i, ii, iii, iv (cultural) The Saint-Sophia Cathedral was constructed in the 11th century, soon after the Christianization of Kievan Rus'. Mosaics and frescos from that period have been preserved in the interior. Monastic buildings around the cathedral were constructed in the 17th and 18th centuries in Ukrainian Baroque style ...
Catedral de Santa Sofía (Kiev) Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Cathédrale Sainte-Sophie de Kiev; Usage on gu.wikipedia.org સંત સોફિયા દેવળ, કીવ; Usage on it.wikipedia.org Cattedrale di Santa Sofia (Kiev) Usage on ms.wikipedia.org Katedral Santa Sofia, Kyiv; Usage on mt.wikipedia.org Katidral ta' Santa Sofija (Kiev)
The preserve was established in place of the cathedral of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church that was dissolved in 1930. The museum's responsibilities were gradually expanded to other historic locations of Kyiv. In 1994, the reserve was accorded its current status as being National. Both St. Andrew and St. Cyril churches are acting.
Virgin Orans icon in Kyiv Common mosaic view, Saint Sophia Cathedral. The Virgin Orans, Oranta (The Great Panagia) (Ukrainian: Оранта) is a well-known [1] [2] Orthodox Christian depiction of the Virgin Mary in prayer with extended arms. It is stored in the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv in Ukraine. [1]
In 1930, the bell tower together with St. Sophia Cathedral was closed for worship and became a part of the All-Ukrainian Museum Complex, which was established in 1926 in the area of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Probably, all the bells were removed from the bell tower at that time, except for Mazepa.
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