Close to the walls of the St. Sophia courtyard and about half a block from St. Irena‘s Column, on the ruins of the medieval Church of St. George, a new church of the same name was built in the seventeenth century.
The original Saint George Cathedral though was founded in 1021 and the construction was finished in 1053. It was blessed in the honour of Saint George – the patron of King Yaroslav the Wise. It stood...
www.oldkyiv.org.ua/data/st_george_ch.php?lang=en
Category: church listed building
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