The Russian Church, Geneva (French: Cathédrale de l'Exaltation de la Sainte Croix, ''Cathedral of the Exaltation of the
Holy Cross'') is a historic
Russian Orthodox
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church in
Geneva, Switzerland.
It was designed by
David Grimm of the
Imperial Academy of Arts and completed in 1866 in the fashionable Les Tranchées neighborhood of Geneva. The
Russian revival church, with its Byzantine striped arches and gold
onion domes, underwent restoration in 1966. The church remains in active use.
Delegates of the Russian Orthodox Church to the 4th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference Visit Elevation of the Holy Cross Cathedral
June 11, 2009, The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
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Churches in Geneva
Russian Orthodox church buildings
19th-century Russian Orthodox church buildings
Churches completed in 1863
Russian Revival architecture
Eastern Orthodoxy in Switzerland
19th-century churches in Switzerland