Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv
| Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander | |
|---|---|
Співкафедральний собор св. Олександра | |
| Location | Kyiv |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1842 |
| Administration | |
| Metropolis | Lviv |
| Diocese | Kyiv-Zhytomyr |
| Official name | Костьол Святого Олександра (Cathedral of Saint Alexander) |
| Type | Architecture |
| Reference no. | 260064-Н |
The Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander (Ukrainian: Співкафедральний собор св. Олександра) also called Cathedral of St. Alexander of Kyiv is a Latin Catholic co-cathedral located in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
The church was built between 1817 and 1842 in a cruciform plan, with a dome at the intersection of the aisles in the style of classicism. The church is located on the former site of a Polish merchant district, near the present day Independence Square.
To commemorate the visit of Russian Tsar Alexander I in Kyiv the Polish owner Antoni Sawicki built, with the consent of the authorities, a wooden church on the site.
The first wooden church burned down in 1823; the new brick church was not completed until 1842. After 1905, the tsarist authorities eased restrictions on churches other than Russian Orthodox. In Soviet times a planetarium occupied the premises. After the fall of communism the building was renovated and became the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis, Єпархія Київ-Житомир).