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Posts about history and architecture of Churches, Monasteries, and other buildings related to Orthodox Christianity.

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Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia.🇬🇪

The cathedral was built between 1010 and 1029 under King Giorgi I, designed by architect Arsukisdze in a Georgian ecclesiastical architectural style.

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The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Tampere, Finland.🇫🇮

It was built between 1896 and 1899 in the Grand Duchy of Finland.

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Saint Isaac’s Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia.🇷🇺

It was commissioned by Tsar Alexander I in 1818 to replace an earlier church dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia and the Construction took 40 years due to its massive scale.

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Saint Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine.🇺🇦

The cathedral was commissioned in 1852 under Tsar Nicholas I to mark the 900th anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus’ by Prince Vladimir the Great, who converted to Orthodoxy in 988.

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The Church of Agios Dimitrios in Thessaloniki, Greece.🇬🇷

The church was originally built in the 4th century as a small oratory on the site of a Roman bath, where Saint Demetrius was imprisoned and executed around 306 AD. Beneath the church is a well-preserved crypt, where Saint Demetrius was imprisoned.

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