Saint Sophia Cathedral

The Saint Sophia Cathedral in , Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kyivan Rus'. The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv”, “Saint Sophia’s Cathedral”, “Saint Sophia’s Cathedral, Kiev”, “Sofiiskyi sobor”, “St Sophia Cathedral”, “St Sophia’s Cathedral”, “St. Sophia Cathedral”, and “St. Sophia’s Cathedral”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include House of the Metropolitan and Golden Gate.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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The of Kyiv was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of , the capital of the Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the of Constantinople. is situated 450 metres south of Saint Sophia Cathedral.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 190 metres west of Saint Sophia Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Kyiv and Kyiv Kremlin.

Quarter
is a historical neighborhood of . Other names include Upper City, Old Town, and others. It is located at the far eastern portion of the Shevchenkivskyi District.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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is the capital of , as well as the country's largest and most vibrant city. It is a city where the golden domes of Orthodox cathedrals sit amidst royal palaces and the grey concrete of Soviet Brutalist buildings.

Saint Sophia Cathedral

Latitude
50.45291° or 50° 27′ 11″ north
Longitude
30.51428° or 30° 30′ 51″ east
Height
0.5 metres (1.6 feet)
Open location code
9G2GFG37+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27830282
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q830054
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Saint Sophia Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sint Sofia-katedraal, Kijif”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديسة صوفيا”
  • Armenian: “Սոֆիայի տաճար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Sofiya kafedralı”
  • Basque: “Santa Sofia katedrala”
  • Belarusian: “Кіеўскі Сафійскі сабор”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор Святой Сафіі”
  • Belarusian: “Сафійскі сабор”
  • Bulgarian: “Света София”
  • Catalan: “catedral de Santa Sofia de Kíiv”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Santa Sofia de Kíiv”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Santa Sofia de Kýiv”
  • Chinese: “圣索菲亚大教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖蘇菲亞大教堂”
  • Chuvash: “Таса Софи соборĕ”
  • Croatian: “Crkva Svete Sofije u Kijevu”
  • Croatian: “Katedrala sv. Sofije u Kijevu”
  • Croatian: “Katedrala Sv. Sofije”
  • Croatian: “Katedrala Svete Sofije u Kijevu”
  • Croatian: “Katedrala Svete Sofije”
  • Croatian: “Kijevska katedrala”
  • Croatian: “Kijevska Sofijina katedrala”
  • Croatian: “Saborna crkva Svete Sofije”
  • Czech: “Chrám svaté Sofie”
  • Czech: “Katedrála svaté Sofie”
  • Czech: “Sofie Kyjevská”
  • Danish: “Sankt Sofia-katedralen i Kyiv”
  • Danish: “Sankt Sofia-katedralen”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Sofiakathedraal”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Sophiakathedraal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديسه صوفيا”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Sankta Sofia”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo Sankta Sofia de Kievo”
  • Estonian: “Kiievi Püha Sofia peakirik”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Sofian katedraali”
  • French: “Cathedrale Sainte-Sophie de Kiev”
  • French: “cathédrale Sainte-Sophie de Kiev”
  • French: “Cathédrale Sainte-Sophie de Kiev”
  • French: “Cathédrale Sainte-Sophie de Kyïv”
  • French: “Cathédrale Sainte-Sophie”
  • French: “Sainte-Sophie”
  • Galician: “Catedral de Santa Sofía de Kíiv”
  • Georgian: “კიევის წმინდა სოფიას საკათედრო ტაძარი”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა სოფიას საკათედრო ტაძარი”
  • German: “Kiewer Sophienkathedrale”
  • German: “Sophienkathedrale”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίας Σοφίας (Κίεβο)”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίας Σοφίας”
  • Gujarati: “સંત સોફિયા દેવળ, કીવ”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ સોફિયા કેથેડ્રલ”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת סופיה הקדושה”
  • Hindi: “सेंट सोफिया कैथेड्रल”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Szófia-székesegyház”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Santa Sofia, Kyiv”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Santa Sofia”
  • Irish: “Ardeaglais Naomh Sadhbh, Cív”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Santa Sofia”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Santa Sofia”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Sofia”
  • Japanese: “キエフ：聖ソフィア大聖堂と関連する修道院建築物群、キエフ-ペチェールスカヤ大修道院”
  • Japanese: “聖ソフィア大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “聖ソフィヤ教会”
  • Korean: “성 소피아 대성당”
  • Korean: “스뱌토고소피아 대성당”
  • Latin: “Sancta Sophia Kioviensis”
  • Latin: “Sancta Sophia”
  • Latvian: “Kijivas Svētās Sofijas katedrāle”
  • Lithuanian: “Sofijos soboras”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Света Софија”
  • Malay: “Katedral Santa Sofia, Kyiv”
  • Maltese: “Katidral ta‘ Santa Sofija”
  • Maltese: “Katidral ta’ Santa Sofija”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Sofia-katedralen i Kyiv”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Sofia-katedralen”
  • Norwegian: “St. Sofia-katedralen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Catedrala de Santa Sofia de Kyiv”
  • Ossetian: “Софияйы аргъуан”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع سنت سوفیا”
  • Polish: “Sobór Mądrości Bożej w Kijowie”
  • Polish: “Sobór Sofijski w Kijowie”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Santa Sofia de Kiev”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Santa Sofia”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Sfânta Sofia din Kiev”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Sfânta Sofia”
  • Russian: “Киевская София”
  • Russian: “Киевский Софийский собор”
  • Russian: “Святая София”
  • Russian: “Собор Святой Софии”
  • Russian: “Софиевский собор”
  • Russian: “Софийский собор в Киеве”
  • Russian: “Софийский собор”
  • Russian: “София Киевская”
  • Serbian: “Саборни храм Свете Софије у Кијеву”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Katedrala Svete Sofije u Kijevu”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saborna crkva Svete Sofije u Kijevu”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sofijskij sobor”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätej Sofie”
  • Slovenian: “Sofijina stolnica”
  • Slovenian: “stolnica sv. Sofije”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Sofia de Kiev”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Sofia en Kiev”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Sofía en Kiev”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Sofia”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Sofía”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Sofia”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Sofía”
  • Swedish: “Sofiakatedralen i Kiev”
  • Swedish: “Sofiakatedralen, Kiev”
  • Tagalog: “Katedral ng Santa Sofia, Kyiv”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ సోఫియా కేథడ్రల్, కీవ్”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารนักบุญโซเฟีย”
  • Turkish: “Ayasofya Katedrali”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Sofya Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Київський Софійський собор”
  • Ukrainian: “Свята Софія Київська”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Святої Софії”
  • Ukrainian: “Софійський собор”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hagia Sophia, Kiev”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hagia Sophia, Kyiv”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Gadeiriol Sviatoi Sofii”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Sofiakatedraal (Kiëv)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Sofiakatedraal”

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