Church of St. Cyril (Kiev)

Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 1 ″  N , 30 ° 28 ′ 19 ″  E

Church of Saints Cyril and Athanasius of Alexandria

Portal of the Church

The St. Cyril's Monastery ( Ukrainian церква Кирилівська ; Complete name: Church of St. Cyril and Athanasius of Alexandria ( церква Святих Кирила та Атанасія Александрійських )) is a Grade II listed church building in the northwest of the historic center of the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

Sketch of the former monastery: 1st church, 2nd bell tower, 11th monastery wall with 12th towers

The church, built between 1140 and 1167 under the Grand Duke of Kievan Rus Vsevolod II , was never destroyed in the entire period of its existence and thus shows a combination of different architectural styles, such as the Byzantine and Ukrainian Baroque styles . The church, named after the church fathers Kyrill and Athanasius of Alexandria , has a base area of ​​31 m × 18.4 m, a height of 28 m and belonged to a monastery complex on Kyrill-Höhe in Kiev. On August 24, 1963, the church was declared a Monument of National Importance by decree of the USSR Council of Ministers and is now part of the National Museum of St. Sophia Cathedral . The three-story bell tower of the church, built in 1760 by the architect Ivan Hryhorowytsch-Barskyj , was demolished in 1937. The church since 2009, along with the Church of St. Andrew in the so-called Tentative List of UNESCO entered as nominated World Heritage Site.

Web links

Commons : Church of St. Cyril (Kiev)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Church of St. Cyril on oldkyiv.ua (Ukrainian)
• Church of St. Cyril on Reisenua.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the church on Kievtown.net , accessed June 10, 2014
2. ↑ History of the Church on www.interesniy.kiev.ua ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 10, 2014 
3. ^ Günter Schäfer: Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr. 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , p. 274.
4. ↑ World Heritage Site Kiev ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 21, 2015