St. Panteleimon's Cathedral in Kiev

Description

The Cathedral of St. Pantaleon or St. Panteleimon is a large Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the Kievan neighbourhood of Theophania. 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 Yevgeny Yermakov between 1905 and 1912. 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 Kievan Monastery of St. Panteleimon, which originated as a branch, or skete, of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. It was closed for worship and thoroughly looted in the 1920s and was damaged in World War II.

The hollow shell of the church was returned to the Russian 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.

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ludmila

It would have been great if not for one thing....... But the fact that in the same place was.... GORGEOUS SANATORIUM...........it supposedly exists but only in the warm time of the year..............AND MOST INTERESTINGLY, THE JOURNEY TO IT "A DETOUR" THROUGH THE WOODS. BECAUSE "saints" if you can call it, wring out the dirt and built the ARCHWAY entrance and locked the way to the sanatorium, and there was ennobled by a garden. And, near the arch are charged in the clergy, collected on needs. AND EVEN WHO IS THINKING WHAT AND WHO NEEDS? A fence and "willock" direct on site and all under locks------of course not

Viktor

Beautiful place for a temple down the best Park of Kiev Feofania with lakes, gym, near the temple there is a bath. The Park has several sacred sources.

Alexey

Orthodox Monastery with a beautiful energy and power - great temple - awesome icons. Great grace of the Holy spirit.

Alex

The Temple itself is beautiful, I live 200 meters from it, but it belongs to a hostile (Moskovskogo) Patriarchy is evident. All the literature and the inscriptions on the Russian language service, too. Through the precious fence of the Church there is a convent which has round the clock security. Often the territory satiate cool Lexus Jeeps, minibuses, jeeps guard, this security block the road at the time of arrival of tuples. Very sad to see this brazen display of wealth and then in the temple to ask for money to the temple (or on a new jeep for the priest). In short, this tax-free business-the arrogance must stop. Most churches (especially the Mosquito.P) nothing to do with faith HAVE NOT. Just business.

boxhrd

It is very very good pleace

Andrey

Interesting

Olga

the Cathedral was restored and renovated. located on the territory of Feofania. the Moscow Patriarchate

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