The Saint Vladimir Cathedral is a Neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox cathedral on the site of Chersonesos Taurica on the outskirts of Sevastopol, on the Crimean Peninsula. It commemorates the presumed place of St. Vladimir's baptism.
The Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonese
David Grimm's 1859 plans: lower (winter) and upper (summer) church
Iconstasis in front of the sanctuary
Interior, facing towards the iconostasis (composite photo)
Chersonesus is an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia established the colony in the 6th century BC.
St. Vladimir's Cathedral overlooks the extensive excavations of Chersonesus.
Greek Coin from Chersonesos in Crimea depicting Diotimus wearing the royal diadem r., in exergue, ΧΕΡ ΔΙΟΤΙΜΟΥ Chersonesus in Crimea. 2nd century BCE.
Viktor Vasnetsov: Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir in Korsun.
The Saint Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonesus was built in the 19th century in the Byzantine Revival style.