The Cathedral of St.

Charalambos Saint Charalampos ( grc, Ἅγιος Χαράλαμπος) (also variously Charalampas, Charalampus, Charalambos, Haralampus, Haralampos, Haralabos or Haralambos) was an early Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a city in Asia Minor, ...

was the

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

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 ...

The first Cathedral

The construction of the first Cathedral of St. Charalambos began in 1780 and finished in 1782. The church was consecrated on April 22, 1782, to serve the

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population. After the construction of the new, second cathedral, the first cathedral was consecrated to St. Catherine's Church. It was also called the "Greek Church" (Russian: греческая церковь) because the liturgy was held in Greek on public holidays. Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): ''Мариупольская старина'' (english: history of mariupol), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991 The old building stood until it was purposefully demolished in 1934 by order of the

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government as part of the Godless Five-Year Plan. file:Маріуполь, церква Катерининська, Грецька (4).jpg, file:Маріуполь, церква Катерининська, Грецька (2).png,

The second Cathedral

The construction of the second Cathedral of St. Charalambos began in 1823 and finished in 1845. The church was consecrated on April 22, 1845, to serve the

population. The new church stood until it was purposefully demolished in 1934 by order of the

government as part of the Godless Five-Year Plan. The Cathedral had an architecture, combining the features of baroque, classical and traditional Russian church architectural techniques. Decoration of the facade had the features of the late baroque and classicism. File:Маріуполь. Колишній Харлампіївський собор (1).png, Mariupol church harlampy.jpg Маріуполь, Харлампієвський собор.png

References

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