St. Nicholas Cathedral, Nizhyn

Church in Nizhyn, Ukraine

51°02′53″N 31°53′13″E / 51.04806°N 31.88694°E / 51.04806; 31.88694LocationNizhynCountryUkraineDenominationUkrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)HistoryFoundedfrom 1654 to 1658DedicationSaint NicholasArchitectureStyleUkrainian Baroque

St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nizhyn (Ukrainian: Собор Святого Миколая, Sobor Sviatoho Mykolaia; Russian: Свято-Николаевский кафедральный собор) is the main Eastern Orthodoxy church of Nizhyn eparchy in the Ukraine. The powerful centric 55-metres high building with five domes has become a prototype Ukrainian baroque architecture of stone five-domed cruciform churches. The cathedral reproduces in brick the techniques conventional to Ukrainian wooden folk architecture.

The special and parade role of building is likewise emphasized in the interior, where both sides of the main entrance are arranged with placing special loggias for regimental starshyna. The predominant location of the cathedral among the surrounding city buildings is still beyond the competition, although the public centre moved to the other square. The main axis of the city goes from the market the Oster River.