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Church in Ukraine
Cathedral of St. Charalambos
Соборна Харлампиевска церква
Second Cathedral of St. Charalambos
47°05′34″N 37°33′46″E / 47.09278°N 37.56278°E / 47.09278; 37.56278
Country Ukraine
Language(s)Ukrainian, Russian
DenominationUkrainian Orthodox
History
StatusDemolished
Consecrated1)1780–1782, 2)1823–1845
Architecture
Demolished1)1934, 2)1934
Specifications
Number of domes3

The Cathedral of St. Charalambos was the cathedral of Mariupol.

The first Cathedral

The construction of the first Cathedral of St. Charalambos began in 1780 and finished in 1782. The church was consecrated on April 22, 1782, to serve the Orthodox population. After the construction of the new, second cathedral, the first cathedral was consecrated to St. Catherine's Church. It was also called the "Greek Church" (Russian: греческая церковь) because the liturgy was held in Greek on public holidays.

The old building stood until it was purposefully demolished in 1934 by order of the Bolshevik government as part of the Godless Five-Year Plan.

  • First Cathedral

The second Cathedral

The construction of the second Cathedral of St. Charalambos began in 1823 and finished in 1845. The church was consecrated on April 22, 1845, to serve the Orthodox population. The new church stood until it was purposefully demolished in 1934 by order of the Bolshevik government as part of the Godless Five-Year Plan.

The Cathedral had an architecture, combining the features of baroque, classical and traditional Russian church architectural techniques. Decoration of the facade had the features of the late baroque and classicism.

  • Second Cathedral

References

  1. безповоротно загублених храмів Маріуполя mistomariupol.com.ua.
  2. Дмитрий ЯНАТЬЕВ: СОБОР СВЯТОГО ХАРЛАМПИЯ Archived 2022-06-01 at the Wayback Machine old-mariupol.com.ua.
  3. Храмы Мариуполя (прошлое) Archived 2022-03-26 at the Wayback Machine lampada.in.ua.
  4. A. Dombrovskii, Намоленное место Мариуполя. Харлампиевский собор (новый) на Базарной площади (разрушен). shukach.com.
  5. МАРИУПОЛЬ. Храм в честь священномученика Харалампия отметил престольный праздник, pravoslavye.org.ua.
  6. Знатні земляки Archived 2022-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, marlibrary.com.ua.
  7. Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольские храмы вчера и сегодня (english: churches of mariupol, yesterday and today), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991
  8. Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольская старина (english: history of mariupol), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991
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