Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv

Local nameБлаговіщенський кафедральний собор
LocationKholodnohirskyi District, Kharkiv, Ukraine

The Annunciation Cathedral is the main Orthodox church of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The pentacupolar Neo-Byzantine structure with a distinctive 80-meter-tall bell tower was completed on 2 October 1888, from designs by a local architect, Mikhail Lovtsov. The church was consecrated in 1901, and the earlier Annunciation church was then pulled down.

The candy-striped cathedral supplanted the older Assumption Cathedral as the main church of Kharkiv and was one of the largest and tallest churches of the Russian Empire. The icon screen used to be of Carrara marble. The church was frescoed in a style derived from St Vladimir's Cathedral in Kyiv. On 3 July 1914 the church became recognized as the city's cathedral.

Tags OrthodoxPlace of WorshipCathedralChristian
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation_Cathedral,_Kharkiv

Address (Unnamed Road), Харків, Ukraine

Coordinates 49°59'26.004" N 36°13'25.798" E

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