St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Kyiv

Coordinates: 50°25′37″N 30°31′03″E / 50.4269°N 30.5176°E / 50.4269; 30.5176
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Church of St. Nicholas
Gothic Revival
Completed1909
Specifications
Direction of façadeWest
Height (max)60 m (197 ft)
Spire(s)2
Website
Official website

The Church of St. Nicholas (Ukrainian: Костел Св. Миколая, translit.: Kostel Sviatoho Mykolaia; Polish: Kościół Świętego Mikołaja w Kijowie) is the second oldest Catholic church standing in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, after the St. Alexander Roman Catholic Cathedral. Today the building is shared between the Catholic Church and the National Organ and Chamber Music Hall of Ukraine.

It was constructed in 1899–1909 and was built by the

National Sports Complex Olimpiysky and the Railroad station Kyiv-Tovarny
.

History

Vintage postcard depicting the church with its two 60 m (197 ft) towers.
Modern view.

The church was constructed to accommodate the expanding Polish community, which more than doubled in size between 1897 and 1909.[2] The building permission was obtained thanks to the efforts of Count Władysław Branicki.[3]

A design competition held in 1898 selected Stanisław Wołowski, whose entry was a Gothic type construction with two 60 m (197 ft) towers. The final revision and management of the project was assigned to the Polish architect Władysław Horodecki.[1][4] Emilio Sala added sculptural decoration in artificial stone to the construction. To increase the stability of the construction on the uneven Kyiv ground, it was ensured by bore-and-stuffed piles, a newly introduced invention of Anton Strauss.[1] The construction work was carried out by exclusively from voluntary donations, and lasted for ten years (1899–1909).

In 1909, the church was

Baltics, its furniture was created in Lviv, and the high-quality wood floors were produced in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[1] The company, Rieger–Kloss then located in Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland), manufactured an organ
for the church. Its manufacturer tried to architecturally tie the organ to the building itself.

Since 1992, Catholic

Ukrainian Ministry of Culture plans to construct a building for the House of Organ Music by 2023.[8]

Religious liturgies are celebrated by priests of the

Latin and in Spanish.[9]

On the night of 3 September 2021, the church caught fire and was severely damaged. The fire destroyed the organ and damaged the interior of the church. A large chandelier also fell to the floor. There were no casualties. According to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, the fire broke out during an organ music rehearsal. The church has been shared between the Roman Catholic Church of Ukraine and the National Organ and Chamber Music Hall of Ukraine, which hosted organ concerts. Significant damage to the building was avoided, but the organ was lost.[10]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 966-96041-3-3
    .
  2. ISBN 978-1-4008-5151-5
    .
  3. ISBN 9788370040499
    .
  4. ISBN 9781442610217
    .
  5. ISBN 966-96120-1-2
    .
  6. ^ Інна, Лиховид. "Костел – у заручниках". day.kyiv.ua.
  7. ^ "Руйнується костел святого Миколая у Києві". Gazeta.ua.
  8. ^ "У Києві до кінця 2023 року побудують «Будинок музики»". Кабінет Міністрів України.
  9. ^ "St. Nicolas Cathedral". nicolasparish.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  10. ^ Lapatina, Anastasiia (4 September 2021). "Fire damages St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kyiv, destroys its organ". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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