The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ or of Our Saviour ( uk, Собор Святого Воскресіння), also called the Ivano-Frankivsk Jesuit Church, is an historic religious building in the city of

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

in western

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 ...

J. Tokarski, ''Ilustrowany przewodnik po zabytkach kultury na Ukrainie'', t. 1, Warszawa 2000. which functions as a Catholic cathedral and seat of the Ivano-Frankivsk Eparchy (''Archieparchia Stanislaopolitanus'') using the Byzantine or Ukrainian rite (

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) in full communion with the Pope in Rome. The original church on the site was built for the

Jesuits The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

between 1720 and 1729, but this structure was demolished as a result of technical errors. The present

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church was built between 1752 and 1761 by the ruler of the city, the governor of Poznan and Kiev Stanisław Potocki. Since 1885 it has been a Greek Catholic cathedral. It stands next to an old

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

. The church has three naves and a west front with two towers. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Archbishop

Volodymyr Viytyshyn Archbishop Volodymyr Viytyshyn ( uk, Володимир Війтишин; born 9 November 1959) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Archbishop-Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk since 2 June 2005 (until 21 N ...

who was ratified by

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

in 2005.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Resurrection of Christ Cathedral Eastern Catholic cathedrals in Ukraine Buildings and structures in Ivano-Frankivsk Roman Catholic churches completed in 1761 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Ukraine

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