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]
| Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander | |
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| Співкафедральний собор св. Олександра | |
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| Location | Kyiv |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
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| Completed | 1842 |
| Administration | |
| Metropolis | Lviv |
| Diocese | Kyiv-Zhytomyr |
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.[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]
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edit- ^ 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.
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