Orthodox church in Transcarpathia, Ukraine
The Square of Cyril and Methodius
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is the principal Orthodox church in Transcarpathia . It dominates the Cyril and Methodius Square in the city of Uzhhorod .
The 60-metre-tall five-domed church was built in the 1990s after the cathedral of the Holy Cross had been restituted to the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo . The modern building can hold up to 5000 worshippers. Its ground floor contains a chapel dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross . The arch-priest is Dmytro Sydor .
The cathedral belongs to Eparchy of Mukachevo and Uzhhorod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church . In 2008 the building was raided by the national security agency on suspicion of separatist activities.[ 1]
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