Historical memory: September 14 (September 27 according to the new art.) 1051 (1052?) - consecration of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Veliky Novgorod on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.translated

One of the most outstanding monuments of ancient Russian architecture, the oldest surviving church in Russia, one of the most important Orthodox churches and symbols of our country is the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Veliky Novgorod. According to chronicle sources, the stone St. Sophia Cathedral was founded in the Novgorod Kremlin in 1045 by Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich, the son of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Yaroslav the Wise, and Bishop Luka of Novgorod […]