Chersonesus Cathedral
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The Chersonesus Cathedral, officially Saint Vladimir's Cathedral in Chersonesus or Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral in Chersonesus, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral on the site of Chersonesos Taurica on the
The cathedral in Chersonese, 2006
Iconostasis in front of the sanctuary
The Bell of Chersonesos with the cathedral in the background
Vladimir the Great
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Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Catholic Church and
Chersonesus Cathedral
…of Chersonesos Taurica on the outskirts of Sevastopol, on the disputed territory of the Crimean Peninsula, in Ukraine. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Vladimir, as the presumed place of his baptism. According to legend and historic facts, the baptism of Vladimir the Great took place in 988 in the Chersonese…
Vladimir's effigy on one of his coins. He is crowned in the Byzantine style, holding a cross-mounted staff in one hand and a trident (tryzub) in the other.
Icon of saint Vladimir
Prince Vladimir chooses a religion in 988 by Johann Leberecht Eggink (1822)
The Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir by Viktor Vasnetsov (1890)