St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kiev

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Kiev. It includes a cathedral church in honor of the Archangel Michael in the Ukrainian baroque style, destroyed in the 1930s and rebuilt in the mid-1990s, as well as a refectory with the Church of John the Theologian (1713) and a bell tower (1716-1719).

It is assumed that St. Michael's Cathedral was the first temple with a gilded top, from where this unusual tradition came in Russia. The first temple in honor of the Archangel Michael was commissioned in 1108 by Prince Svyatopolk Izyaslavovich on the site of the Dmitrievsky monastery, presumably built by his father - Izyaslav I (baptized by Dimitri ).

The St. Michael's Cathedral, erected in 1108-1113, was of particular importance for the people of Kiev, for it was dedicated to the Archangel Michael, the heavenly patron of Kiev. In the XII century, the monastery was the burial place of princes.