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St. Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonesus is a cradle of Russian Orthodoxy

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The idea to immortalize the place of the Baptism of the Holy Prince Vladimir 988 was first represented in 1825 by the Black Sea Fleet Chief vice-admiral Greig. However, they did not start implementing this idea immediately. Another Vladimir cathedral was built in the center of Sevastopol as Admiral Lazarev insisted. Now it is the famous Vladimir (Admiralty) Cathedral, which became the burial-vault of admirals and naval officers.

The idea to erect a cathedral on a historical place was returned when in 1827 in the center of Chersonesus the foundation of an ancient church was excavated. Historians then assumed that it was just that place where Prince Vladimir adopted Christianity. But only in 1861 in the presence of Emperor Alexander II the future St. Vladimir Cathedral was laid on the ancient foundation. The temple in the neo-Byzantine style was built by 1892 for the donations of the people. The parts of the relics of St. Prince Vladimir were taken to the cathedral from St.Petersburg. Now this is the largest cathedral of Sevastopol. In 1924 the cathedral became a museum. Before the retreat from Sevastopol in 1944 German troops blew up the cathedral. They started restoring it in the 1990s, and the restoration work is still going on.

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