St. Volodymyr Chapel

St Volodymyr Chapel (properly Grand Prince St. Volodymyr, Equal-to-the-Apostles) is a small Ukrainian Orthodox Chapel which serves the Vernadsky Research Base on Galindez Island, Antarctica. It is one of eight churches in Antarctica. It is dedicated to St. Volodymyr the Great.

St Volodymyr Chapel
Grand Prince St. Volodymyr, Equal-to-the-Apostles
Каплиця Святого Володимира
Location	Vernadsky Research Base, Galindez Island
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
History
Status	Active
Dedication	St. Volodymyr the Great
Associated people	Metropolitan Augustine (consecrator)
Architecture
Years built	2010-2011
Specifications
Number of floors	One
Floor area	15m
Materials	Wood

The chapel, a simple wooden construction, was built on the island in 2011. Its creation was funded by philanthropists. It was consecrated by the then Metropolitan of Lviv and Galicia, Augustine.^[1] Despite its small size, the chapel is richly decorated. Its contents include an icon of St. Nicholas.^[2]