St. Panteleimon's Cathedral
50°20′41″N 30°29′16.3″E / 50.34472°N 30.487861°E
| St. Panteleimon's Cathedral | |
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| St. Panteleimon's Women's Monastery | |
Пантелеймонівський собор | |
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| Location | Feofaniia, Holosiivskyi District, Kyiv |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) |
| Website | https://feofania.church.ua |
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| Architect(s) | Yevhen Yermakov |
| Style | Russian Revival |
| Years built | 1905–1914 |
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| Diocese | Kyiv (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 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
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St. Panteleimon's Cathedral -
Entrance gates -
Lesser church of the Monastery -
View from Feofaniia Park
References
[edit]- ^ a b Website of St. Panteleimon's Convent Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Website of St. Panteleimon's Convent