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St Volodymyr's Cathedral ( uk, Володимирський собор, russian: Владимирский собор) is a cathedral in the centre of Kyiv. It is one of the city's major landmarks and the mother church, mother cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, one of the History of Christianity in Ukraine, churches of Orthodox tradition in Ukraine.
The colourful interior of the cathedral is particularly striking. Its mosaics were executed by masters from Venice. The frescoes were created under the guidance of Professor Adrian Prakhov by a group of famous painters: Wilhelm Kotarbiński, Mikhail Nesterov, Mykola Pymonenko, Pavel Svedomsky, Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Vrubel, Viktor Zamyraylo (1868-1939), and others. The painting of the Holy Mother of God by Vasnetsov in the altar apse of the cathedral impresses by its austere beauty.
The entrance door is adorned with relief bronze sculptures of St. Olga (Princess Olga of Kyiv) by sculptor Robert Bakh and St. Vladimir (sculptor H. Zaieman) against a blue background. The iconostasis is carved from the white marble brought from Carrara. The cathedral was completed in 1882, however, the paintings were fully completed only in 1896.
The cathedral risked damage during the Polish-Soviet War in 1920. During the Soviet Union, Soviet period, the cathedral narrowly escaped demolition, but not closure. Until the Second World War it served as a museum of religion and atheism. The relics of St Barbara, a martyr of the 3rd century AD, were transferred to St Volodymyr's from the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery before it was destroyed by the Bolsheviks,http://www.wumag.kiev.ua/wumag_old/archiv/4_99/church.htm and have remained there since.
After the war the cathedral was reopened and since remained continually open. It was then the main church of the Kyiv episcopal see, Metropolitan See of the Ukrainian Exarchate. The cathedral was one of the few places in the USSR where tourists could openly visit a working Orthodox Church. It saw the revival of Orthodox religion in 1988 when the millennium celebration of the Baptism of Rus' marked a change in Soviet policy on religion.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, St Volodymyr's Cathedral ownership became an issue of St Volodymyr's Cathedral ownership controversy, controversy between two Christian denomination, denominations that both claim to represent Ukrainian Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christianity - the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a church with an Autonomous entity, autonomous status that was, at the time, under the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, and the newly established Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchy, which, ultimately, won the control over the cathedral.
Spiritual leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchy continue to conduct religious services and prayers in St. Volodymyr's Cathedral. All the ceremonies are conducted in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, accompanied during religious holidays by the Cathedral choir, which is often joined by opera singers.
Image:Vasnetsov Russian Bishops.jpg, Russian Bishops
Image:Vasnetsov Temptation.jpg, The Temptation
Image:Kiev vasnetcov.jpg, The Baptism of Kyivans.
Image:Vasnetsov Bapt Vladimir.jpg, Baptism of Saint Vladimir I of Kyiv, Vladimir
File:Saint Olga (Vasnetsov) in St Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kyiv.jpg, Icon of Saint Olga, later destroyed by the bolsheviks
History of Saint Volodymyr Cathedral, Kiev History website
Official website
— information about the cathedral
ukraine-gateway.org.ua
— St. Volodymyr's (Volodymyrsky) Cathedral
Володимирський собор
i
''Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv''
— St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv
Encyclopedia of Ukraine, St Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kyiv
St Volodymyr's Cathedral interior panorama
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History and description
In 1852, Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan Philaret Drozdov, Philaret of Moscow suggested a large cathedral should be built in Kyiv to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus', baptism of Kievan Rus by prince Vladimir I of Kiev (St. Volodymyr). People from all over the Russian Empire started donating to this cause, so that by 1859 the cathedral fund had amassed a huge sum of 100,000 Russian ruble, rubles. The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) produced one million bricks and presented them to the cathedral as well. The design was executed in Neo-Byzantine architecture, neo-Byzantine style initially by the architects I. Schtrom, P. Sparro, R. Bemhardt, K. Mayevsky, V. Nikolayev. The final version of the design belongs to Alexander Vikentievich Beretti. It is a traditional six-piered, three-apsed temple crowned by seven cupolas. The height to the cross of the main dome is .
The colourful interior of the cathedral is particularly striking. Its mosaics were executed by masters from Venice. The frescoes were created under the guidance of Professor Adrian Prakhov by a group of famous painters: Wilhelm Kotarbiński, Mikhail Nesterov, Mykola Pymonenko, Pavel Svedomsky, Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Vrubel, Viktor Zamyraylo (1868-1939), and others. The painting of the Holy Mother of God by Vasnetsov in the altar apse of the cathedral impresses by its austere beauty.
The entrance door is adorned with relief bronze sculptures of St. Olga (Princess Olga of Kyiv) by sculptor Robert Bakh and St. Vladimir (sculptor H. Zaieman) against a blue background. The iconostasis is carved from the white marble brought from Carrara. The cathedral was completed in 1882, however, the paintings were fully completed only in 1896.
The cathedral risked damage during the Polish-Soviet War in 1920. During the Soviet Union, Soviet period, the cathedral narrowly escaped demolition, but not closure. Until the Second World War it served as a museum of religion and atheism. The relics of St Barbara, a martyr of the 3rd century AD, were transferred to St Volodymyr's from the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery before it was destroyed by the Bolsheviks,http://www.wumag.kiev.ua/wumag_old/archiv/4_99/church.htm and have remained there since.
After the war the cathedral was reopened and since remained continually open. It was then the main church of the Kyiv episcopal see, Metropolitan See of the Ukrainian Exarchate. The cathedral was one of the few places in the USSR where tourists could openly visit a working Orthodox Church. It saw the revival of Orthodox religion in 1988 when the millennium celebration of the Baptism of Rus' marked a change in Soviet policy on religion.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, St Volodymyr's Cathedral ownership became an issue of St Volodymyr's Cathedral ownership controversy, controversy between two Christian denomination, denominations that both claim to represent Ukrainian Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christianity - the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a church with an Autonomous entity, autonomous status that was, at the time, under the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, and the newly established Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchy, which, ultimately, won the control over the cathedral.
Spiritual leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchy continue to conduct religious services and prayers in St. Volodymyr's Cathedral. All the ceremonies are conducted in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, accompanied during religious holidays by the Cathedral choir, which is often joined by opera singers.
Works by Viktor Vasnetsov in the Cathedral
See also
*History of Christianity in Ukraine *St Volodymyr's Cathedral ownership controversyReferences
External links
History of Saint Volodymyr Cathedral, Kiev History website
Official website
— information about the cathedral
ukraine-gateway.org.ua
— St. Volodymyr's (Volodymyrsky) Cathedral
Володимирський собор
i
''Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv''
— St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv
Encyclopedia of Ukraine, St Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kyiv
St Volodymyr's Cathedral interior panorama
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral Cathedrals in Kyiv Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in Ukraine, Volodymyr's Cathedral Byzantine Revival architecture in Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate cathedrals 19th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv Church buildings with domes Religion and atheism museums in the Soviet Union Vladimir the Great Churches of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine