Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - the cathedral , a monument of history and culture in the city of Lviv.
The Ensemble of the Armenian Church is located in the historic Lviv, in the part where the Armenians had settled .The cathedral is an architectural center of the complex , around which are grouped the remaining buildings , forming three small closed yard.
The construction of the cathedral began in 1363 . This is one of the most ancient monuments in Lviv , built by architect Doring ( Dore, Dorko ) the means of Armenian merchants from James Kafa ( Feodosia ), and Panos of Gaytsaratsa .Many researchers suggest that the building was attended by Armenian masters , as the memorial has much in common with the cathedral in Ani.
In the XVII century in connection with the violent people of Catholicism in Western Ukraine , just as happened with the local Orthodox community , an Armenian archbishop of Lviv was also forced to sign a union . During the Soviet era Armenian Cathedral in connection with the liquidation of the Lvov Armenian Catholic Archbishopric was closed.The cathedral was first arranged storage Lviv Art Gallery, and since 1953 - the repository of the Lviv Museum of Lenin . In January 2000, the temple of redistribution of the believers, but not the Armenian Catholic and Armenian Apostolic Church, as in Lviv are almost no Armenian Catholics .
January 6, 2001 held its first worship service after the long break in the Armenian Cathedral.
May 18, 2003 Cathedral consecrated Patriarch - Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.At the celebration was attended by Speaker of Armenian parliament Armen Khachatryan, president of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine Nver Mkhitaryan, French singer of Armenian origin Charles Aznavour and his son , the Russian actor Armen Dzhigarkhanjan , Armenian Ambassador to Ukraine, and Armenia's Ambassador to France , Archbishop of the UOC (MP) , Augustine ( Markevitch )Head of Ukrainian State Committee on Religious Affairs, and former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk,After the head of Lviv regional state administration by the Armenian Archbishop Grigoris keys to the church, Catholicos Karekin II, conducted a ceremony of opening the doors , and sanctified cathedral.
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