Dormition Cathedral, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

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Dormition Cathedral
Успенський собор
The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Location	Kyiv, Ukraine
Denomination	Ukrainian Church
History
Dedication	Dormition of the Mother of God
Architecture
Style	Ukrainian Baroque
Groundbreaking	1073
Completed	1078
Historic site

Immovable Monument of National Significance of Ukraine
Official name	Успенський собор
Type	Architecture

The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, also referred to as the Holy Dormition Church (Temple) or the Great Church, is the main cathedral of the monastery complex. At times of the Kyivan Rus (Ruthenia), it also served as a necropolis for the Kyivan princes.

Built in the 11th century, the main church of the monastery was destroyed during the World War II, a couple of months after the Nazi Germany troops occupied the city of Kyiv, during which the Soviet Union conducted the controversial 1941 Khreshchatyk explosions. Withdrawing Soviet troops practiced the tactics of scorched earth and blew up all the Kyiv bridges over Dnieper as well as the main Khreshchatyk street and Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The destruction of the cathedral followed a pattern of Soviet disregard for cultural heritage, as they previously blew up the ancient St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery nearby in the 1930s.

In 1928, the monastery was converted into an anti-religious museum park by the Soviet authorities and after their return no efforts were provided to restore the church. The temple was finally restored in 1995 after Ukraine obtained its independence and the construction was accomplished in two years. The new Dormition Church was consecrated in 2000.

References

^ "1941: уничтожение Успенского собора в Лавре". BBC News Україна (in Russian). 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
Гогун, Александр (2021-09-20). "Вандалы-орденоносцы. Как Красная армия взрывала Киев". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-02.

External links

Holy Dormition Cathedral. www.gpsmycity.com

v t e Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Churches	Dormition Cathedral Refectory Church All Saints Saviour at Berestove Exaltation of Cross Life-Giving Spring Nativity of the Virgin Conception of St. Anne Gate Church of the Trinity
Other constructions	Great Lavra Bell Tower Near Caves Far Caves St. Nicholas Monastery Debosquette Wall Lavra fortification (Ivan Kushchnyk Tower)
Miscellaneous	Typography Theological Academy and Seminary

v t e Churches and monasteries of Kyiv
Cathedrals	Saint Sophia Cathedral St. Volodymyr's Cathedral Resurrection Cathedral St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral St. Nicholas Military Cathedral St. Panteleimon's Cathedral
Churches	St. Andrew's Church St. Cyril's Church Church of the Saviour at Berestove Church of the Tithes Church of the Theotokos Troieshchyna Church Askold Grave Church
Monasteries	Lavra of the Caves (Great Church Gate Church Refectory Church) St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery Vydubychi Monastery Brotherhood Monastery Trinity Monastery Theophania Convent Intercession Convent Florivsky Convent Kytaiv Poustinia
Demolished structures are in italics

Cathedrals of Ukraine

Orthodox Church

Chernihiv	Boris and Gleb Cathedral Dormition Cathedral (Yelets Dormition Monastery [uk]) St. Catherine's Cathedral Transfiguration Cathedral Trinity Cathedral [uk] (Trinity Monastery)
Dnipro	Holy Trinity Cathedral Transfiguration Cathedral
Donetsk	Transfiguration Cathedral
Kharkiv	Annunciation Cathedral Dormition Cathedral Pokrovskyi Cathedral
Kherson	Candlemas Cathedral [uk]
Kremenets	Transfiguration Cathedral
Kyiv	Holy Dormition Cathedral (Kyiv Pechersk Lavra) St. George's and St. Michael's Cathedrals (Vydubychi Monastery) St. Michael's Cathedral St. Sophia Cathedral St. Panteleimon's Cathedral St. Volodymyr's Cathedral Trinity Cathedral
Lutsk	Holy Trinity Cathedral
Lviv	Intercession Cathedral [uk]
Nizhyn	St. Nicholas Cathedral
Odesa	Transfiguration Cathedral
Poltava	Holy Dormition Cathedral [uk]
Rivne	Intercession Cathedral [uk]
Sevastopol	Chersonesus Cathedral St. Vladimir's Cathedral
Sumy	Resurrection Cathedral [uk]
Uzhhorod	Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral
Vinnytsia	Transfiguration Cathedral
Volodymyr	Nativity of Christ Cathedral [uk]
Yalta	Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Zhytomyr	St. Michael's Cathedral [uk]

Catholic Church

Kyiv	Resurrection Cathedral St. Nicholas Cathedral St. Alexander Cathedral
Lviv	Latin Cathedral St. George's Cathedral
Uzhhorod	Holy Cross Cathedral
Zhytomyr	St. Sophia Cathedral

Armenian Apostolic Church

Lviv	Armenian Cathedral of Lviv

Lutheran Church

Odesa	Lutheran Cathedral of St. Paul [uk]

50°26′06″N 30°33′25″E / 50.435111°N 30.557028°E / 50.435111; 30.557028

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