Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander
Співкафедральний собор св. Олександра
LocationKyiv
Country Ukraine
DenominationCatholic Church
Architecture
Completed1842
Administration
MetropolisLviv
DioceseKyiv-Zhytomyr
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The Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander[1] (Ukrainian: Співкафедральний собор св. Олександра ) also called Cathedral of St. Alexander of Kyiv is a Latin Catholic co-cathedral located in Kyiv, the capital of 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 district, near the present day Independence Square.

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.

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).

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References

  1. ↑ Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander
  2. ↑ O. Aleksejczuk, Kijów i okolice, Pascal, Bielsko-Biała, 2006, ISBN 83-7304-546-5
  3. ↑ "Олександрівський костел - Костьол Святого Олександра -- Сайт історії Києва". 2015-02-20. Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2016-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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