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The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ( sk, Chrám Povýšenia vznešeného a životodarného kríža) is a cathedral in
Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...
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. It was built in the year 1860 at the edge of
St. Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...
's cemetery (''Ondrejský cintorín''). Since 1972, the church belongs to
Greek Catholic Church The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...
. It is the cathedral church of the
Eparchy of Bratislava The Eparchy of Bratislava ( la, Eparchia Bratislaviensis) is a Slovak Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church that covers the territory of western and central Slovakia. It is a suffragan diocese, suffraga ...
since 2008.


History

The founding stone was laid on May 13, 1859. The church was consecrated by
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János Scitovszky János Keresztély Scitovszky de Nagykér ( hu, nagykéri Scitovszky János Keresztély; sk, Ján Krstiteľ Scitovský; 1 November 1785 – 19 October 1866) was a Hungarian prelate, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Eszterg ...
( sk, Ján Scitovský) on September 14, 1860. Today, liturgy is both in Slovak and
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See also

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List of cathedrals in Slovakia This is the list of cathedrals and co-cathedrals in Slovakia sorted by denomination. Catholic Latin Rite The following are Latin Rite cathedrals and co-cathedrals of the Catholic Church in Slovakia: Eastern Rites The following cathedrals of ...
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Greek Catholic Church The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...
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Slovak Greek Catholic Church The Slovak Greek Catholic Church ( Slovak: ''Gréckokatolícka cirkev na Slovensku'', "Greek-Catholic Church in Slovakia"; la, Ecclesia Graeco Catholica Slovacica), or Slovak Byzantine Catholic Church, is a metropolitan ''sui iuris'' Eastern Ca ...
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Old Town, Bratislava The Old Town of Bratislava ( sk, Staré Mesto, hu, Óváros, german: Altstadt) is the historic center and one of the boroughs of Bratislava, in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia. It is coextensive with the smallest Slovak administrative distric ...


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3D panoramas of the Church
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