Veliky Novgorod holds the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, built 1045 to 1050 under Vladimir of Novgorod and Bishop Luka Zhidiata to replace an earlier late tenth century oaken cathedral, and is the oldest surviving Orthodox church building in Russia. During the medieval Novgorod Republic the cathedral served as the city's ceremonial and spiritual center, and it remains an active church today after decades as a Soviet-era museum, returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1991.
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Notable DevelopmentNovgorod was the seat of the medieval Novgorod Republic, one of the few republics in medieval Europe, in which the veche, the citizens' assembly, elected the city's archbishop from 1156 to 1478, an unusual union of religious and civic authority among the Rus principalities. 1 Status
UNESCO World HeritageInscribed on the World Heritage List 2 Attributions
TraditionRussian Orthodox Christianity: the Cathedral of Saint Sophia has served as the city's ceremonial and spiritual center since the eleventh century and remains an active Orthodox church today. 1 Origins
FoundedCathedral of Saint Sophia built 1045 to 1050 1 Traditions
Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesChurch Slavonic, the liturgical language of the Russian Orthodox cathedral. 1 Connections
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Holds the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, the oldest surviving Orthodox church building in Russia, returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1991.
Source A Long Walk to Church: A Contemporary History of Russian OrthodoxyNathaniel Davis
This source names Sophia directly: "Novgorod holds the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, built 1045 to 1050 under Vladimir of Novgorod and Bishop Luka Zhidiata to replace an earlier late tenth century oaken cathedral, and is the oldest..."
Source A Long Walk to Church: A Contemporary History of Russian OrthodoxyNathaniel Davis
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Source A Long Walk to Church: A Contemporary History of Russian OrthodoxyNathaniel Davis
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1. A Long Walk to Church: A Contemporary History of Russian Orthodoxy
Nathaniel Davis, Westview Press, 2003on Novgorod and the Cathedral of Saint Sophia
2. UNESCO World Heritage List
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO World Heritage CentreView the Source Spiritual Elders: Charisma and Tradition in Russian Orthodoxy
Irina Paert, Northern Illinois University Press, 2010on Novgorod Republic-era religious life
The Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition
Oxford University Press, Oxford University Pressdemonym / adjectival formView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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