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The 13-dome (at the time of creation) and the 17-dome at present St. Sophia Cathedral is a unique structure of ancient Kyiv. Ukraine.
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A look to the north-west from the bell tower of St. Sophia Cathedral. (1st shot, the camera on the horizon). Kyiv. Ukraine.
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"There is nothing interesting on earth except religion.” Charles Baudelaire. "Diaries".
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The 13-dome (at the time of creation) and the 17-dome at present St. Sophia Cathedral is a unique structure of ancient Kyiv. Ukraine.
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View of the St. Sophia from the 1st tier of the Great Bell Tower. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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July 28, 2019, on the occasion of the 1031st anniversary of the baptism of Kievan Rus-Ukraine Metropolitan Epiphanius, the primate of the local Orthodox Church of Ukraine, for the first time headed the divine service at the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.
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Holy Sophia Cathedral (Sophia Cathedral) - a temple built in the first half of the XI century in the center of Kyiv. August 24, 2019 - Ukraine celebrates Independence Day.
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January 5, 2019 in Istanbul, the universal patriarch Bartholomew in the Patriarchal Church of St. George on the territory of the Ecumenical Patriarchate signed a tomos about the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
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The 13-dome (at the time of creation) and the 17-dome at present St. Sophia Cathedral is a unique structure of ancient Kyiv. Ukraine.
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Happy New Year! Health, Happiness, Good Luck To all friends and all kind people. 🌲🌹🍷🌞
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Happy New Year! Health, Happiness, Good Luck To all friends and all kind people. 🌲🌹🍷🌞
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St. Sophia square. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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A look to the north-west from the bell tower of St. Sophia Cathedral. (2nd shot, camera down). Kyiv. Ukraine.
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"..... the city is more than a thousand years old Lived under the light of a Star named the Sun." / V. Tsoi /
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Holy Sophia Cathedral (Sophia Cathedral). Kyiv. Ukraine.
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View of the Mikhailovskaya Square from the bell tower of the Mikhailovsky Monastery.
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A look to the north-west from the bell tower of St. Sophia Cathedral. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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Refectory Church of 1722-1730, St. Sophia Monastery. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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St. Sophia square. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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Saint Sophia's Cathedral. Sunset. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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Saint Sophia's Cathedral. Sunset. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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Saint Sophia's Cathedral. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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St. Sophia Cathedral. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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Religious procession from the Vladimir Cathedral to the monument to St. Vladimir on the anniversary of the celebration of the Baptism of Kievan Rus. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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St. Sophia Cathedral. North facade. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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The 13-dome (at the time of creation) and the 17-dome at present St. Sophia Cathedral. West facade. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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11th century cathedral and 21st century traffic. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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“Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” /John Donne/
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View of the St. Sophia from the Great Bell Tower. Kyiv. Ukraine.
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The Brama of Zaborovsky is one of the best Kyiv creations of the famous architect of German origin Johann Gottfried Schedel.
