St. Michael´s Golden-Domed Cathedral
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv was originally built in 1108-1113 by Prince Svyatoslav II. It was later renovated and enlarged in the exuberant Ukrainian Baroque style in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, though the interior remained Byzantine. St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral was the second largest medieval church in Kyiv. It was also one of the three churches in the St. Demetrius Monastery, later known as the St. Michael of the Golden Domes Monastery. In 1935-1936 the cathedral was demolished by the Bolsheviks due to the construction of the new Ukrainian SSR capital centre, which was not completed. Smaller nearby monastery buildings survived.
In 1997-1998 the cathedral and the bell tower were completely rebuilt by the city authorities, and transferred to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchy.
|
