Cathedral of Saint Nicholas ( uk, Свято Микільський катедральний собор.) is a
Ukrainian Orthodox church
The history of Christianity in Ukraine dates back to the earliest centuries of the history of Christianity, to the Apostolic Age, with mission trips along the Black Sea and a legend of Saint Andrew even ascending the hills of Kyiv. The first Ch ...
located in the Tsentralnyi borough,
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 Russian i ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
.
General Information
The cathedral is a six-domed church, built between 1989 and 1991 and designed by the architects AD Kljujew & NJ Erenburg (Russian: А. Д. Клюєв & Н. Ю. Еренбург). The artist Sergej Alekseevich Barannik decorated the church.
'' Свято–Николаевский кафедральный собор ''
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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 F ...
, the cathedral was heavily damaged.
Gallery
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See also
* 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
External links
In pictures: The Ukrainian religious sites ruined by fighting
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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