Vladimir Cathedral (Chersonese)
The Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonesos on the outskirts of Sevastopol was opened in 1892 at the place where, according to legend, Prince Vladimir of the Kievan Rus is said to have professed Orthodox Christianity 900 years earlier . After the most severe destruction in the Second World War and the following decades of neglect, the building was largely reconstructed true to the original at the turn of the millennium. Today it belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church .
history
A few years after the inner-city Vladimir Cathedral , which contains, among other things, the funerary monuments of famous admirals of the Black Sea Fleet , the city's second Vladimir Cathedral was opened in the monastery area of Chersonese amid the ancient excavations. Its construction goes back to the order of the Russian tsarina. After Ukraine was incorporated into the Soviet Union , the sacred building was closed for services in 1926. The destruction in the Second World War is said to have been followed by attempts at explosions.
After the secession of the former Soviet republics, the first religious services began in 1992 in the formerly sacred area. At the turn of the millennium, the extensive reconstruction of the church took place. In 2005 it was re- consecrated . It is one of the most important reborn churches of the post-Soviet era.
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Coordinates: 44 ° 36 ′ 43.6 " N , 33 ° 29 ′ 36.4" E