Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral may refer to various Eastern Orthodox cathedrals, all named after Russian saint Alexander Nevsky
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Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history. Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Rus, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military...
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- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, BakuAlexander Nevsky Cathedral, BakuThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was the main Russian Orthodox cathedral in Baku, Azerbaijan from 1898, when it was built until its destruction in 1936 during the Joseph Stalin era...
in Azerbaijan - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Belgrade in Serbia
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Izhevsk in Russia
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Łódź in Poland
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Jerusalem in Israel
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, MoscowAlexander Nevsky Cathedral, MoscowThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Moscow was the largest of a series of cathedrals erected in Imperial Russia in commemoration of Alexander Nevsky, the patron saint of Emperors Alexander II and Alexander III...
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Nizhny Novgorod in Russia
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Petrozavodsk in Russia
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Saint Petersburg in Russia (Kresty Prison, Saint Petersburg)
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, NovosibirskAlexander Nevsky Cathedral, NovosibirskSt. Alexander Nevsky's Cathedral is the Orthodox Cathedral in Novosibirsk, Russia.It is one of the first stone constructions in Novonikolayevsk . The church was built in Neo-Byzantine architectural style in 1896–1899....
in Russia - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, SofiaAlexander Nevsky Cathedral, SofiaThe St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Built in Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world, as well as one of Sofia's symbols...
in Bulgaria - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, TallinnAlexander Nevsky Cathedral, TallinnThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is an orthodox cathedral in the Tallinn Old Town, Estonia. It was built to a design by Mikhail Preobrazhensky in a typical Russian Revival style between 1894 and 1900, during the period when the country was part of the Russian Empire. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is...
in Estonia - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, TiflisAlexander Nevsky Cathedral, TiflisThe St. Alexander Nevsky Military Cathedral of Tiflis was an Orthodox Christian cathedral in downtown Tiflis , Georgia, constructed during the Imperial Russian rule in the 1871-1872 and 1889-1897 and demolished by the Soviet authorities in 1930...
in Georgia - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, WarsawAlexander Nevsky Cathedral, WarsawThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was a Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Saxon Square built by authorities of Imperial Russia in Warsaw, Poland, then under the rule of the Russian Empire. The cathedral was designed by distinguished Russian architect Leon Benois, and was built between 1894 and 1912...
in Poland - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Kamianets-PodilskyiKamianets-PodilskyiKamyanets-Podilsky or Kamienets-Podolsky is a city located on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi...
in Ukraine - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, YaltaAlexander Nevsky Cathedral, YaltaThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the seaside resort of Yalta in Ukraine was built in 1902.-External links:* * , including both interior and exterior shots of the cathedral...
in Ukraine - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Prešov in Slovakia
United States
- St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, HowellSt. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, HowellThe Saint Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral is located in Howell Township, New Jersey and is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia .-Brief history :...
, NJ, under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) - St. Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Church, Richmond, ME, under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR)
- St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Allison ParkSt. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Allison ParkSaint Alexander Nevsky is a parish of the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania of the Orthodox Church in America. It was founded in the Woods Run section of Pittsburgh's North Side in 1891. It was the first Russian Orthodox community in the Pittsburgh area. The first pastor of St Alexander Nevsky...
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
See also
- Alexander Nevsky Monastery — the first and foremost monastery in Saint Petersburg, Russia