Saint Nicholas Cathedral
Finnish: Pyhän Nikolaoksen katedraali
Swedish: Helige Nikolaus katedral
Russian: Никольский собор
62°53′17.74″N 27°41′25.30″E / 62.8882611°N 27.6903611°E / 62.8882611; 27.6903611
LocationVäinölänniemi, Kuopio
CountryFinland
DenominationEastern Orthodox
History
DedicationMemory of Saint Nicholas
Consecrated1904 (1904)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Aleksander Isakson
Architectural typeCathedral
Completed1903
Administration
DioceseKarelia
ParishKuopio Orthodox Parish

St. Nicholas Cathedral (Finnish: Pyhän Nikolaoksen katedraali; Swedish: Helige Nikolaus katedral; Russian: Никольский собор) is the main church of the Kuopio Orthodox Parish in Väinölänniemi, Kuopio, Finland, and also the seat of the Orthodox Diocese of Karelia. The church was completed in 1903 and is dedicated to the memory of Saint Nicholas.[1] The church, built between 1902 and 1903, was designed by the master builder Aleksander Isakson from Vyborg.[1][2] The facade is plastered and painted to look like red brick, but there is also genuine brick under the plaster. In appearance, it resembles red-brick simultaneous garrison churches.[3] The iconostasis was made at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg and was donated by Nikolay Bobrikov, the Governor-General of Finland.[1] There are eight bells in the cathedral.

The church was consecrated by the second Orthodox Archbishop of Finland, Archbishop Nikolai in 1904.[2] The church was renovated in 2003-2004 and reopened by Archbishop Leo Makkonen in 2004.[2] During the renovation, the gilding of the iconostasis was renewed and the interiors of the cathedral were completely renovated.

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  1. 1 2 3 Pyhän Nikolaoksen katedraali - Kuopion Tori (in Finnish)
  2. 1 2 3 Pyhän Nikolaoksen katedraali - Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ Pentti Pulkkinen: Kirkkoarkkitehtuuri 1850-luvulta nykypäiviin, p. 502. EteläSuomen kustannus Oy Lieto, 1979. ISBN 951-9064-29-X. (in Finnish)
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