Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Bratislava

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Cathedral Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Katedrálny chrám Povýšenia vznešeného a životodarného kríža
Main facade of the church
Religion
Affiliation	Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Year consecrated	1860
Location
Location	Old Town borough of Bratislava, Slovakia
Architecture
Architect(s)	Ignác Feigler jr.
Type	Neo-Renaissance with neo-Gothic features
Completed	1860
Website
English homepage Gréckokatolícky farský úrad Bratislava Ul. 29. augusta No. 7, 811 08, Bratislava

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Slovak: Chrám Povýšenia vznešeného a životodarného kríža) is a cathedral in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was built in the year 1860 at the edge of St. Andrew's cemetery (Ondrejský cintorín). Since 1972, the church belongs to Slovak Greek Catholic Church. It is the cathedral church of the Eparchy of Bratislava since 2008.

History

The founding stone was laid on May 13, 1859. The church was consecrated by Archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal János Scitovszky (Slovak: Ján Scitovský) on September 14, 1860.

Today, liturgy is both in Slovak and Old Church Slavonic.

References

"Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia reorganized - Církev.cz".

External links

Information about the Cathedral (in Slovak)
Parish homepage (english) Archived 2020-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
3D panoramas of the Church Archived 2019-12-24 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Cathedrals of the Catholic Church in Slovakia
Latin Church	St Francis Xavier Cathedral (Banská Bystrica) St Martin's Cathedral (Bratislava) Cathedral of St. Elizabeth (Košice) St Emmeram's Cathedral (Nitra) Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows (Poprad) Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Prešov) Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Rožňava) St Martin's Cathedral (Spišská Kapitula) St John the Baptist Cathedral (Trnava) Holy Trinity Cathedral (Žilina)
Slovak Greek Catholic Church	Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Bratislava) Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Košice) Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Prešov)
Military Ordinariate	Old Cathedral of Saint John of Matha and Saint Felix of Valois (Bratislava) Cathedral of Saint Sebastian (Bratislava)
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v t e Slovak Greek Catholic Church hierarchy
Metropolitan archeparch	Jonáš Maxim (Prešov)
Eparchs	Cyril Vasiľ (Archbishop) (Košice) Peter Rusnák (Bratislava)
Auxiliary bishop	Milan Lach (Bratislava)
Apostolic visitor	Western Europe: Milan Lach
Retired bishops	Ján Babjak (Prešov), Milan Chautur (Košice), Marián Andrej Pacák (former Slovak eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto)
Other hierarchs	Ladislav Hučko (Apostolic Exarch of the Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic) John Stephen Pazak (former Eparch of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix) Kurt Burnette (Apostolic administrator of Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto)
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v t e Churches in Bratislava
Medieval	Clarissine Church Franciscan Church St. James's Chapel St. Martin's Cathedral
16th - 19th century	Holy Trinity Church Chapel of Saint Rozalia Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary Church of Saint John of Matha and Saint Felix of Valois Jesuit Church St. Nicholas' Church Temple of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
20th - 21st century	Dúbravka Lutheran Church Holy Family Church Holy Spirit Church Blue Church St. Sebastian's Cathedral
See also: Old Town, Bratislava, History of Bratislava, List of palaces in Bratislava

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