Lutsk

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Hail descent, 1, Lutsk, Volyn region, Ukraine

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Holy Trinity Cathedral is the church of the Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate. The building of the cathedral is a representative of the architecture of the XVIII century in the Baroque style and after construction became an object around which the city began to be built.

Initially, the cathedral would be built as a Catholic church, on the site of an old wooden one. The building was completed in 1755 and throughout its history served as a bishop's residence, a prison, a gymnasium, in Soviet times - the police department and the NKVD investigative department. In 1992 he was transferred to the Orthodox Church. The facade and interior of the cathedral have many decorations, including pilasters, cornices, niches of different shapes and other details. Inside the temple is decorated with gilded oak iconostasis of the XVII century and paintings. There are nine bells in the cathedral, the oldest being cast in 1820.

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