Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv

The Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander^[1] (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.^[2][3]

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
Immovable Monument of National Significance of Ukraine
Official name	Костьол Святого Олександра (Cathedral of Saint Alexander)
Type	Architecture
Reference no.	260064-Н

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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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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).^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Catholic Church in Ukraine