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St. Vladimir's Cathedral (Edmonton)
St. Vladimir Cathedral or St. Volodymyr Cathedral may refer to: * St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto), Canada *St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Paris, France * St. Vladimir's Cathedral (Saint Petersburg), Russia * St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Chersonesus, Ukraine *St Volodymyr's Cathedral St Volodymyr's Cathedral ( ) is a cathedral in the centre of Kyiv, and one of the city's major landmarks. Since the unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine in December 2018, it has been under the ecclesiastical jurisdictio ..., Kyiv, Ukraine * St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Sevastopol, Ukraine * St. Vladimir's Cathedral (Stamford, Connecticut), United States See also * St Vladimir's Church, Moscow, Russia {{disambig, church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Volodymyr's Cathedral
St Volodymyr's Cathedral ( ) is a cathedral in the centre of Kyiv, and one of the city's major landmarks. Since the unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine in December 2018, it has been under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Before that, it was the mother church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. 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 Rusʹ, baptism of Kyivan Rus' by prince Vladimir the Great, Volodymyr the Great. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |