The Cathedral of St. Panteleimon (

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) is a large

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in the

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an neighbourhood of Feofaniia. It shares similarities with the

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and is considered a high point in Russian Revival

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. It was built to a Russian Revival design by between 1905 and 1912.Website of St. Panteleimon's Convent
The building is penta

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r, with the massive black central

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and the four tent-like domes on the corners, as well as low galleries which run continuously around the building. The outer walls are covered with a mazy web of tracery. The cathedral was intended to serve as the main church of the Kyivan

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of St. Panteleimon, which originated as a branch, or

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, of

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.Website of St. Panteleimon's Convent
/ref> It was closed for worship and thoroughly looted in the 1920s and damaged in

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. The hollow shell of the church was returned to the

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in 1990s and has been restored as the main church of a nunnery. The other church building of the convent conforms to the cathedral in style.

Gallery

File:Feofania Pantaleon cathedral2.JPG, St. Panteleimon's Cathedral File:Въездные ворота Пантелеймоновский собор.jpg, Entrance gates File:Малый храм Пантелеймоновский собор.jpg, Lesser church of the Monastery File:Феофанія восени.JPG, View from Feofaniia Park

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Panteleimon's Cathedral Cathedrals in Kyiv Cathedrals of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 20th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Churches completed in 1905 Russian Revival architecture Church buildings with domes Holosiivskyi District 1905 establishments in the Russian Empire