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Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel ( uk, Собор Архістратига Михаїла) is a
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located at the left bank of the river
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Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast ( Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russia ...
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General information

The cathedral is a six-domed church, built between 1996 and 1998 and designed by the architects V. N. Konstantinow, L. N. Kuzminkow (Russian: В. Н. Константинов, Л. Н. Кузьминков).''МАРИУ́ПОЛЬ''
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inturist.name The cathedral is a church, built of red brick over the course of two years and completed and consecrated in 1997. It can accommodate from 200 to 1,000 parishioners. From the observation deck of the cathedral one has panoramic views of the Sea of Azov, coastal villages of the Left Bank, green villages and hills, in particular a hill called Slag Mountain, which arose as a result of the work of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. The church is commonly known as "Pozhivanovska" in honor of the former mayor of Mariupol, Mikhail Pozhivanov, who was the initiator and patron of the project of constructing this church. The church is home to icons and shrines, the main shrine being the copy of the icon of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring", created at the beginning of the 19th century. Other icons are of the Archangel Michael of God and St. Nicholas. There also are icons of saints, in which particles of their remains are embedded: St. Ignatius of Mariupol; St. Lazar the Four Days, Bishop of Kita; Hieromartyr Thaddeus, Archbishop of Tver; Saint Blessed Paul of Taganrog; Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth; Rev. Alexy, a man of God; Great Martyr John Sochavsky, and others. During World War II, when temples were destroyed, the icons were kept by parishioners. After a period of persecution and unrest, the image of the Mother of God was restored and returned to the church. An administrative building was also built on the grounds of the temple to house a Sunday school, a room for the baptism of children and a refectory for the needy. A monument to , the city's heavenly patron, stands next to the church. According to history, Metropolitan Ignatius of Gotfei and Kafai led the migration of
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from the
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to the Azov Sea. In 2022, during the
Siege of Mariupol The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted until 20 May 2022, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It saw fighting between the Russian Armed Forces (alongside the Donetsk People's Militia) and the Ukrainian Armed ...
, the cathedral was heavily damaged.


Gallery

File:Пам'ятник митрополиту Ігнатію — релігійному просвітникові, Маріуполь, вул. Межева 1-а, Донецька обл.jpg, Monument to Metropolitan Ignatius - religious educator File:Основание памятника Митрополиту Игнатию.jpg, Foundation of the monument to Metropolitan Ignatius


See also

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List of cathedrals in Ukraine List of cathedrals in Ukraine and cathedral temples that includes temples that used to have cathedra. All of the Russian Orthodox Church temples in Ukraine are organized as the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Since 1992 there has been a movement to org ...


References

Cathedrals in Ukraine Culture in Mariupol Buildings and structures in Mariupol Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) cathedrals Buildings and structures destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine


External links


YouTube - Cathedral of the Archangel Michael in Mariupol

YouTube - Baptism of the Lord: Worship in Mariupol from the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael

Images of the cathedral and surrounds

Images of the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael in Mariupol

In pictures: The Ukrainian religious sites ruined by fighting
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