Ihor Kuzmenko, altitude worker installs a restored cross on a dome of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the gold-domed St. Sophia ...

However, the frescoes created between the 17th and 19th centuries mainly focus on religious topics. The St. Sophia Cathedral's primary altar features a stunning six-meter-tall depiction of Our Lady of ...

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A mosaic of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, stands in the apse above the altar ... Saint Sophia “the most ambitious Orthodox Church built in the 11th century.” Saint Sophia Cathedral ...

Reconstruction works undertaken at Saint-Sophia were awarded the “European Gold Medal for the Protection of Historic Monuments” in 1987. Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings are used ...

Ihor Kuzmenko, altitude worker installs a restored cross on a dome of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the gold-domed St. Sophia ...

A mosaic of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, stands in the apse above the altar ... Saint Sophia “the most ambitious Orthodox Church built in the 11th century.” Saint Sophia Cathedral ...

Ihor Kuzmenko, altitude worker secures a restored cross on a dome of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the gold-domed St. Sophia ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Workers using cranes on Thursday installed two more restored crosses on top of the domes of Kyiv’s 11th-century St. Sophia Cathedral as part of ongoing repair work at the ...

A UNESCO World Heritage site, the gold-domed St. Sophia Cathedral, located in the heart of Kyiv, was built in the 11th century and designed to rival the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The monument to ...

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