St. Sophia

Andreevsky street Pechersk Monastery Golden Domes St. Sophia Frescoes, St Sophia Tarasa Shevchenka

Saint Sophia Cathedral

in

Kyiv, Ukraine

 

Saint Sophia Cathedral

Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th century in a region evangelized after the baptism of St Vladimir in 988.

 

Bell tower of Saint Sophia cathedral in Kyiv

 

detail of the bell tower

 

grave of Volodymyr Romaniuk (1925 -1995)
Kyiv Patriarch
(had to be buried outside the wall since the cathedral is now a museum)

 

Refectory church

 

Saint Sophia cathedral

 

the domes

 

Virgins Orans, a 11th century mosaic

 

detail

 

the dome
Christ Pantokrator, a 11th century mosaic

 

the transept

 

side frescoes

 

the screen

 

detail

 

right side of the screen

 

detail

 

tomb of Yaroslav

 

one of the frescoes

More Photos of the Saint Sophia frescoes

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Andreevsky street Pechersk Monastery Golden Domes St. Sophia Frescoes, St Sophia Tarasa Shevchenka

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