Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
Russian Orthodox Church cathedral building in Saint Petersburg, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt (Russian: Морской Никольский собор, Morskoj Nikol'skij sobor) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral built in 1903–1913 as the main church of the Russian Navy and dedicated to all fallen seamen. The cathedral was closed in 1929, was converted to a cinema, a House of Officers (1939) and a museum of the Navy (1980).
Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral Морской Никольский Собор Morskoy Nikolskiy Sobor | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Russian Orthodox |
Location | |
Location | Yakornaya Square 1, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg |
Geographic coordinates | 59°59′30.1546″N 29°46′40.3359″E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Vasily Kosyakov |
Style | Late Neo-Byzantine |
Completed | 10 June 1913 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 5,000 |
Length | 77.3 m (interior)[1] 83.2 m (exterior-stairs)[1] |
Width | 54.4 m (interior)[2] 63.8 m (exterior-stairs)[2] |
Interior area | 3,000 m² (interior)[3] 3,400 m² (exterior-stairs) |
Height (max) | 70.6 m (top cross)[1] |
Dome dia. (outer) | 29.8 m[2] |
Website | |
Kronshtadtsobor.ru |
The Russian Orthodox Church reinstalled the cross on the main dome in 2002 and (for the first time since 1929) served the Divine Liturgy in the cathedral in 2005.[4] In 2013, the Patriarch of Russia, with Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev and his spouse attending, conducted the ceremony of grand reconsecration in the now fully restored cathedral.