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The greatest and most famous of the old cathedrals of Eastern Europe, a world-famous masterpiece of architecture, with frescos and mosaic art. For Yaroslav the Wise, the building of St. Sofia's Cathedral was an act of assertion of the state power of Kyivan Rus. As a sign of the state's status as the successor to the citadel of the Orthodox church- Byzantium - the cathedral of Kyiv's metropolitans was named after St. Sophia- the major holy place of Constantinople. According to the religious interpretation, the Greek word "Sofia" (wisdom) represented the embodiment of Lord's Wisdom-Jesus Christ. In the historical literature we find two dates for the beginning of its construction-1017 or 1037.The correct date is subject of argument to this day.

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				ST. SOPHIA'S CATHEDRAL The greatest and most famous of the old cathedrals of Eastern Europe, a world-famous masterpiece of architecture, with frescos and mosaic art. For Yaroslav the Wise, the building of St. Sofia's Cathedral was an act of assertion of the state power of Kyivan Rus. As a sign of the state's status as the successor to the citadel of the Orthodox church- Byzantium - the cathedral of Kyiv's metropolitans was named after St. Sophia- the major holy place of Constantinople. According to the religious interpretation, the Greek word "Sofia" (wisdom) represented the embodiment of Lord's Wisdom-Jesus Christ. In the historical literature we find two dates for the beginning of its construction-1017 or 1037.The correct date is subject of argument to this day. back






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