Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv
| Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander | |
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| Співкафедральний собор св. Олександра | |
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| Location | Kyiv |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
The Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander [1] (Ukrainian: Співкафедральний собор св. Олександра ) also called Cathedral of St. Alexander of Kyiv is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located in the city of Kyiv in Ukraine.[2][3]
The church was built between 1817 and 1842 in a cruciform plan, with a dome at the intersection of the aisles in the style of classicism. The church is located on the former site of a Polish merchant's house and near Independence Square.[citation needed]
To commemorate the visit of Russian Tsar Alexander I in Kyiv the Polish owner Antoni Sawicki built, with the consent of the authorities, a wooden church on the site.[citation needed]
The first wooden church burned down in 1823; the new brick church was not completed until 1842. After 1905, the tsarist authorities eased restrictions on churches other than Russian Orthodox. In Soviet times a planetarium occupied the premises. After the fall of communism the building was renovated and became the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Kyiv-Žytomyr (Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis, Єпархія Київ-Житомир)[citation needed]
See also[]
- Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
References[]
- ^ Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander
- ^ O. Aleksejczuk, Kijów i okolice, Pascal, Bielsko-Biała, 2006, ISBN 83-7304-546-5
- ^ "Олександрівський костел - Костьол Святого Олександра -- Сайт історії Києва". 2015-02-20. Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2016-09-20.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Roman Catholic cathedrals in Ukraine
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1842
- Cathedrals in Kyiv
- Church buildings with domes
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Ukraine