The Old Cathedral of St. Sophia ( pl, Katedra św. Zofii w Kijowie, la, Sancta Sophia, Capitulo et Canonicis Cathedralis Ecclesiae Kioviencis ) also called Catholic Cathedral of St. Sophia is the name given to a Catholic cathedral that was in the city of

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, the capital of the European country of

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.Leszek Podhorodecki. Dzieje Kijowa. 1982 It was transformed into an Orthodox church and later demolished during the

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. The current main Catholic cathedral is now dedicated to St. Nicholas. It is the oldest and historical Latin cathedral in Kyiv, the seat of the Bishop of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Kyiv which was part of the metropolis of Lviv since 1412. It began as a wooden chapel burned down in the year 1017. A brick church was built only between 1614 and 1633 on efforts of Krzysztof Kazimirski within a Dominican monastery. With start of the

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, the local

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was liquidated and the cathedral was robbed. Since 1650s it was used by the Muscovite voivode as a guard house. In 1691 Metropolitan Varlaam of Kyiv consecrated as the Eastern Orthodox temple, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. At first it did not have own staff and was assigned to the Saint Sophia's Cathedral. It was rebuilt in 1724 and in 1784 it was transformed into a separate temple. In 1744-50 the church was restructured and

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built a three-story belltower next to the church. The Sts Peter and Paul Church was damaged during the 1811

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and top level of belltower was taken apart. In 1832 at the court of the church compound was built the Kyiv-Podil Theological School. In 1920 the church was closed to worship and its building was planned to be used as a warehouse for the Central Archives of Ukraine. However, around 1935 the church together with its belltower was destroyed.

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* Oleksandr Tolpyhin.
Podil church of Saints Peter and Paul (Петропавлівська церква на Подолі)
'. Svoboda. 8 September 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Old Cathedral of St. Sophia, Church Roman Catholic cathedrals in Ukraine Cathedrals in Kyiv Demolished buildings and structures in Kyiv Demolished churches in Ukraine Religious buildings and structures completed in 1724 Baroque architecture in Kyiv Baroque church buildings in Ukraine Dominican churches Podilskyi District Buildings and structures demolished in 1935

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