Cathedral of St. Sophia Софийский собор (in Russian) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Russian Orthodox |
Province | Diocese of Novgorod and Staraya Russa |
Year consecrated | 1050 or 1052 |
Location | |
Location | Veliky Novgorod, Russia |
Geographic coordinates | 58°31′18″N 31°16′34″E / 58.52167°N 31.27611°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Church |
Groundbreaking | 1045 |
Completed | 1050 |
Specifications | |
Height (max) | 38 metres (125 ft) |
Dome(s) | 5 |
Official name: Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings | |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iv, vi |
Designated | 1992 (16th session) |
Reference no. | 604 |
State Party | Russia |
Region | Eastern Europe |
The Cathedral of St. Sophia, the Holy Wisdom of God (Russian: Кафедральный собор Софии Премудрости Божией) in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, is the cathedral church of the Metropolitan of Novgorod and the mother church of the Novgorodian Eparchy.
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