Assumption Cathedral
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Assumption Cathedral or Dormition Cathedral (Russian: храма Успения Cathedral of the dormition or Успенский собор Uspenski Cathedral) may refer to a number of Cathedral churches
consecrated to the Dormition of the Theotokos
in the Orthodox tradition and Assumption of Mary
in the Roman Catholic tradition:
Cathedral
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consecrated to the Dormition of the Theotokos
Dormition of the Theotokos
The Dormition of the Theotokos is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches which commemorates the "falling asleep" or death of the Theotokos , and her bodily resurrection before being taken up into heaven. It is celebrated on August 15 The Dormition...
in the Orthodox tradition and Assumption of Mary
Assumption of Mary
According to the belief of Christians of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of the Anglican Communion and Continuing Anglicanism, the Assumption of Mary was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her life...
in the Roman Catholic tradition:
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- Mother churches of Russia and Ukraine
- The Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir, aka Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir (1158-89) - the mother church of Russia from the 12th to the 15th century, the model for all subsequent churches of that name
- The Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, aka Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin (1475-79)
- Mother churches of Russia and Ukraine
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- Other in Russia and Ukraine
- The Cathedral of the Dormition (Pechersk Lavra), aka Assumption Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine (1073-78, rebuilt 1640s, destroyed 1941, rebuilt 1998)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Rostov (date of construction disputed, the early 16th century being the most likely)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Ryazan (1693-99)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk (1677-79, 1732-40)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Tula (1762-64)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Volodymyr-Volynskyi (1160, collapsed 1829, rebuilt 1900)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Yaroslavl (date of construction disputed, the 1640s being the most likely)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Zvenigorod (1399)
- The Assumption Cathedral in KharkivAssumption Cathedral, KharkivThe Assumption or Dormition Cathedral was the main Orthodox church of Kharkiv, Ukraine until the construction of the Annunciation Cathedral in 1901. The cathedral stands on the University Hill by the bank of the Lopan River and dominates the entire downtown...
(1777) - The Assumption Cathedral in Pochayiv LavraPochayiv LavraHoly Dormition Pochayiv Lavra has for centuries been the foremost spiritual and ideological centre of various Orthodox denominations in Western Ukraine. The monastery tops a 60-metre hill in the town of Pochayiv, Ternopil Oblast, 18 km southwest of Kremenets and 50 km north of Ternopil...
(1783) - The Assumption Cathedral in DmitrovDmitrovDmitrov is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to the north of Moscow on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal. Population: -History:...
(1509-21) - The Assumption Cathedral in OmskOmsk-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...
(1893-1935, 2000s)
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- Other Orthodox churches
- Birmingham Orthodox CathedralBirmingham Orthodox CathedralThe Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew is a Greek Orthodox cathedral on Summer Hill Terrace in Birmingham, England, dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew. In Greek: The Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos and Saint Andreas...
aka Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew, Birmingham, England - The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-NapocaDormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-NapocaThe Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral is the most famous Romanian Orthodox church of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Built in a Romanian Brâncovenesc style, a synthesis of Renaissance and Byzantine architecture, it lies on the Avram Iancu Square, together with the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre and the...
in Cluj-Napoca (1923-1933) - The Uspenski CathedralUspenski CathedralUspenski Cathedral is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos . Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word uspenie, which denotes the Dormition...
in Helsinki (1868) - Bagrati CathedralBagrati CathedralThe Cathedral of the Dormition, or the Kutaisi Cathedral, more commonly known as Bagrati Cathedral , is the 11th-century cathedral church in the city of Kutaisi, the region of Imereti, Georgia...
, aka Cathedral of the Dormition, Kutaisi, Georgia - Tbilisi Sioni CathedralTbilisi Sioni CathedralThe "Sioni" Cathedral of the Dormition is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Following a medieval Georgian tradition of naming churches after particular places in the Holy Land, the Sioni Cathedral bears the name of Mount Zion at Jerusalem...
, Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition, Tbilisi, Georgia - Dormition Cathedral, Varna, aka Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Varna, Bulgaria
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- Roman Catholic churches
- The Assumption Cathedral, BangkokAssumption Cathedral, BangkokThe Assumption Cathedral is the principal Roman Catholic church of Thailand, located at 23 Oriental Avenue, New Road, in the Bang Rak district of Bangkok. It is the main church of the Archdiocese of Bangkok...
, principal Roman Catholic church of Thailand, located in the Bang Rak district of the national capital - Tuam CathedralTuam CathedralThe Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam, commonly called Tuam Cathedral, is the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam in Ireland. The geographic remit of the Archdiocese includes half of County Galway, half of County Mayo and part of County Roscommon...
, aka Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland - Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville) in Louisville, Kentucky
- Cathedral of Saint Mary of the AssumptionCathedral of Saint Mary of the AssumptionThe Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, also known locally as Saint Mary's Cathedral, is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco in San Francisco, California...
in San Francisco, California - Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin—formal name of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Cordoba, Spain
- St. Maria Himmelfahrt, Chur, Switzerland (on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional SignificanceSwiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional SignificanceThe Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
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