St. Panteleimon's Cathedral

Cathedral in Ukraine

50°20′41″N 30°29′16.3″E / 50.34472°N 30.487861°E / 50.34472; 30.487861

St. Panteleimon's Cathedral
St. Panteleimon's Women's Monastery
Пантелеймонівський собор
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LocationFeofaniia, Holosiivskyi District, Kyiv
CountryUkraine
DenominationUkrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Websitehttps://feofania.church.ua
Architecture
Architect(s)Yevhen Yermakov
StyleRussian Revival
Years built1905–1914
Administration
DioceseKyiv (MP)

The Cathedral of St. Panteleimon (St. Pantaleon) is a large Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the Kyivan neighbourhood of Feofaniia. It shares similarities with the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn and is considered a high point in Russian Revival ecclesiastical architecture.

It was built to a Russian Revival design by Yevhen Yermakov [uk] between 1905 and 1912.[1] The building is pentacupolar, with the massive black central dome and the four tent-like domes on the corners, as well as low galleries which run continuously around the building. The outer walls are covered with a mazy web of tracery.

The cathedral was intended to serve as the main church of the Kyivan Monastery of St. Panteleimon, which originated as a branch, or skete, of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery.[2] It was closed for worship and thoroughly looted in the 1920s and damaged in World War II.[1]

The hollow shell of the church was returned to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 1990s and has been restored as the main church of a nunnery. The other church building of the convent conforms to the cathedral in style.

Gallery

  • St. Panteleimon's Cathedral
    St. Panteleimon's Cathedral
  • Entrance gates
    Entrance gates
  • Lesser church of the Monastery
    Lesser church of the Monastery
  • View from Feofaniia Park
    View from Feofaniia Park
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References

  1. ^ a b Website of St. Panteleimon's Convent Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Website of St. Panteleimon's Convent
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