The oldest surviving cult building of the Roman Catholic Church in Kyiv. Construction lasted a quarter of a century and was completed in 1842. The author of the project is Ludwik Stanzani, a Kyiv architect of Italian origin. Made in the style of classicism, cruciform in plan, with a high main bath and two towers, a portico at the entrance. At the end of the 19th century, the parish of Alexander's Church numbered more than 33.000 people.
In the 1920s and 1930s, almost all church priests were repressed. The communist authorities built a dormitory in the church, and since 1952 - a planetarium. Only in 1991 was the building returned to the Roman Catholic Church. In 2001, the church was visited by Pope John Paul II.
In 1993, a memorial sign to the victims of the totalitarian regime, made in Poland, was erected to the right of the porch of the Alexander Church. The traditional high Latin steel cross is mounted on a low two-stage concrete podium.
The three-dimensional cross (with an internal cavity) has a through frontal opening. The horizontal jumper divides the hole into two parts so that an isosceles Greek cross is formed on top, in the middle of which a bronze bell is suspended on a bell farm. On the shoulders, top and base of the Greek cross there is an inscription in Polish in bronze letters and the date: "Faith, hope, love, 1993". At the bottom of the Latin cross is a bronze plaque with a relief inscription: "Memory of the victims for the faith and the Fatherland. 1917-1991 ».
The bell has embossed inscriptions in Latin - on the front side the motto: "Always faithful" and the image of the cross, on the reverse - in Polish: "1808-1992. Foundry of Anna Felchynska-Chetsor and Zbigniew Felczynski, master of human resources. Below in the circle - the image of the heraldic coat of arms with the inscription in Latin in a circle: "John Purvin Bishop of Zhytomyr. "
In the 1920s and 1930s, almost all church priests were repressed. The communist authorities built a dormitory in the church, and since 1952 - a planetarium. Only in 1991 was the building returned to the Roman Catholic Church. In 2001, the church was visited by Pope John Paul II.
In 1993, a memorial sign to the victims of the totalitarian regime, made in Poland, was erected to the right of the porch of the Alexander Church. The traditional high Latin steel cross is mounted on a low two-stage concrete podium.
The three-dimensional cross (with an internal cavity) has a through frontal opening. The horizontal jumper divides the hole into two parts so that an isosceles Greek cross is formed on top, in the middle of which a bronze bell is suspended on a bell farm. On the shoulders, top and base of the Greek cross there is an inscription in Polish in bronze letters and the date: "Faith, hope, love, 1993". At the bottom of the Latin cross is a bronze plaque with a relief inscription: "Memory of the victims for the faith and the Fatherland. 1917-1991 ».
The bell has embossed inscriptions in Latin - on the front side the motto: "Always faithful" and the image of the cross, on the reverse - in Polish: "1808-1992. Foundry of Anna Felchynska-Chetsor and Zbigniew Felczynski, master of human resources. Below in the circle - the image of the heraldic coat of arms with the inscription in Latin in a circle: "John Purvin Bishop of Zhytomyr. "
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