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The bronze doors were made in 1967 by the Šibenik sculptor Grga Antunac. The coats of arms of two bishops and of the procurator of then-church of St. Saviour in Šibenik were placed over the Lion Gate. The Lion Gate. The two Renaissance putti at the northern end of the cathedral bear an inscription of the consecration in 1443 of the cathedral.
Syunik is almost entirely populated by ethnic Armenians who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church. The regulating body of the church is the Diocese of Syunik, currently headed by Rev. Fr. Zaven Yazichyan. The Saint Gregory Cathedral of Goris is the seat of the diocese.
A cathedral church is a Christian place of worship that is the chief, or "mother" church of a diocese and is distinguished as such by being the location for the cathedra or bishop's seat. In the strictest sense, only those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy possess cathedrals.
The old cathedral was actually a large parish church that had been elevated to cathedral status. Its glorious spire fortunately escaped severe damage. The 20th century Coventry Cathedral, of alternating slabs of masonry and stained glass attempts to capture symbolically the sense of an old cathedral church, without attempting to reproduce it.
The construction of the church was ordered by Davyd Sviatoslavich in 1120, and he was buried there in 1123. [3] The cathedral was constructed on the site of an older building, as shown by remains of the building's foundations. [2] Boris and Gleb Cathedral was damaged and reconstructed several times throughout its existence.
The church was renovated between 1893 and 1895 [5] but lost many of its original architectural features. On March 25, 2004, with the bull Multos fructus , of Pope John Paul II, established the Catholic Diocese of Świdnica, and the building became the cathedral.
The first Catholic Church in Grand Island, St. Mary's, was a wooden structure erected in 1868. It was blown down by a windstorm before its dedication. It was replaced nine years later. [9] The first church in Kearney was St. James, dedicated in 1871. [10] In North Platte, the first Catholic church, St. Patrick, was finished in 1874. [8]
Cathedral of Saint Volodymyr the Great. The Cathedral of Saint Volodymyr the Great (French: Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand, Ukrainian: Собор святого Володимира Великого), in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, is the cathedral church of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris in France.