The Cathedral of St. Vladimir the Great, sometimes referred to as St. Volodymyr the Great in the form in use in Ukraine, is located at 51 rue des Saints-Peres in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
This religious building was built in 1613, adjoining a hospital run by the Brothers of Charity.
From the Revolution, the site includes the hospital and the chapel is dedicated to the teaching of medicine, former place of worship specifically housing the clinic school from 1799.
In 1850, the places host the headquarters of the National Academy of Medicine.
While in 1935, the old hospital was destroyed to build more functional buildings for the Faculty of Medicine, in 1942, the chapel was entrusted to the Ukrainian community of Paris, becoming a Catholic Church of Ukrainian Greco-Catholic rite. It was consecrated in 1943 and became a cathedral in 1961 following the creation by the Holy See of an exarchate (seat of a bishopric representing a patriarch in the Eastern churches).
The building is classified as a Historic Monument since 1926 because of its remarkable facade divided into two levels: it is observed on the street that the door is framed by twin Doric columns and on the upper level, three semicircular bays are topped with a triangular pediment.
Note also that the old chapel now cathedral does not have a steeple.
Inside, an iconostasis has been arranged. It is an iconic partition separating the celebrating clergy from the rest of the church and congregation.
Open in the evening from Tuesday to Saturday and Sunday morning for worship. For a visit, contact +33 1 45 48 48 65.
