St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery

Києво-Михайлівський Золотоверхий чоловічий
Taras Shevchenko, A View of St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv (1846)
Location within Kyiv, Ukraine
Monastery information
Denomination	Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Established	1108–1113
Dedicated to	Saint Michael the Archangel
Diocese	Eparchy of Kyiv
People
Founder(s)	Sviatopolk II of Kyiv
Abbot	Agapetus
Archbishop	Epiphanius I of Ukraine (Metropolitan)
Architecture
Status	Active
Heritage designation	An architectural monument of national significance [uk]
Architect	Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi (reconstruction)
Completion date	1999 (reconstruction)
Site
Location	8, Triochsvyatitelska Street [uk], Kyiv
Country	Ukraine
Website	archangel.kiev.ua

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery (Ukrainian: Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир, romanized: Mykhailivskyi zolotoverkhyi monastyr) is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. It is located on the edge of the bank of the Dnipro river, to the northeast of the St Sophia Cathedral. The site is in the historical administrative neighbourhood of Uppertown and overlooks Podil, the city's historical commercial and merchant quarter. The monastery has been the headquarters of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine since December 2018.

Built in the Middle Ages by the Kievan Rus' ruler Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych, the monastery comprises the cathedral church, the Refectory Church of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, constructed in 1713, the Economic Gate, constructed in 1760, and the bell tower, which was added in the 1710s. The exterior of the structure was remodelled in the Ukrainian Baroque style during the 18th century; the interior retained its original Byzantine architecture.

Much of the monastery, including the cathedral church, was demolished by Soviet authorities in the 1930s. The complex was rebuilt following Ukrainian independence in 1991; the cathedral reopened in 1999.