St. Sophia Cathedral (Novgorod)
The St. Sophia Cathedral ( Russian Софийский собор ) is a church and Russian Orthodox bishopric of the Novgorod Archdiocese in the Novgorod Kremlin . It was built between 1045-1050, making it the second oldest preserved church building in the Russian Orthodox Church. As part of the old town of Veliky Novgorod , it has also been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992 . In the west portal of the cathedral there is a bronze door from Płock .
Graves
In the St. Sophia Cathedral there are tombs of Saints Anne of Novgorod , Vladimir of Novgorod , Luka Schidjata , John II.
literature
- Vladimir Boguslawski: Slawjanskaja enziklopedija: Kijewskaja Rus-Moskowija: Tom 2 . Olma Medija Group, 2001, pp. 409-410. ISBN 978-5-224-02251-9 . (Russian)
- Willibald Sauerländer : The bronze door of Novgorod . R. Piper & Co, Munich 1963
Web links
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Coordinates: 58 ° 31 ′ 18 ″ N , 31 ° 16 ′ 34 ″ E