Armenian Cathedral In Lviv
The Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary ( hy, Հայկական տաճար, uk, Вірменський собор, pl, Katedra ormiańska) in Lviv, Ukraine is located in the city's Old Town (Lviv), Old Town, north of the market square. Until 1945 it was the cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Church, Armenian Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv, since 2000 it serves as a cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Eparchy of Ukraine of the Armenian Apostolic Church. History 1363-1945 A small Armenian church was built in the years 1363–1370, founded by an Armenians, Armenian merchant from Caffa, and established as the mother church of an eparchy. It is said to have been modeled after the Cathedral of Ani in the ancient Armenian capital of Ani. In 1437 the cathedral was surrounded with an Arcade (architecture), arcade gallery: today only the southern one is preserved and the northern has been rebuilt into a sacristy. After the church was damaged in a city fire in 1527, a new st ...
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