Location Zhytomyr Denomination Roman Catholic Church | Country Ukraine | |
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Address Zamkova Square, 2, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyrs'ka oblast, Ukraine, 10002 Similar Skała Głowa Czackiego, Transfiguration Cathedral - Zhytomyr, Literaturno‑memorialniy muzey V G Korole, Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov, Zhytomyrskyi oblasnyi kraieznav | ||
The St. Sophia's Cathedral (Ukrainian: Кафедральний собор св. Софії ) also called Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Zhytomyr It is a Catholic temple that serves as the principal church of the Diocese of Kiev-Zhitomir in the European country of Ukraine.
The temple was built between 1746 and 1748 and was founded by Bishop Samuel Jan Ozga.
After a fire in 1768, the temple was converted into a building of three ships in the classical style. The church is now an eclectic building with a preserved Baroque interior.
In Soviet times, was closed to the faithful for several years, the priests were arrested and sent to labor camps.
Since 1991, after the fall of communism the cathedral was restored and enlarged.
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