Assumption Cathedral

Assumption Cathedral or Dormition Cathedral (Russian: храма Успения Cathedral of the dormition or Успенский собор Uspenski Cathedral) may refer to a number of Cathedral churches consecrated to the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Orthodox tradition and Assumption of Mary in the Roman Catholic tradition:

Mother churches of Russia and Ukraine

• The Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir, aka Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir (1158-89) - the mother church of Russia from the 12th to the 15th century, the model for all subsequent churches of that name
• The Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, aka Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin (1475-79)

Other in Russia and Ukraine

• The Cathedral of the Dormition (Pechersk Lavra), aka Assumption Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine (1073-78, rebuilt 1640s, destroyed 1941, rebuilt 1998)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Rostov (date of construction disputed, the early 16th century being the most likely)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Ryazan (1693-99)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk (1677-79, 1732-40)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Tula (1762-64)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Volodymyr-Volynskyi (1160, collapsed 1829, rebuilt 1900)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Yaroslavl (1640s, rebuilt 2000s)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Zvenigorod (1399)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Kharkiv (1777)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Pochayiv Lavra (1783)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Dmitrov (1509-21)
• The Assumption Cathedral in Omsk (1893-1935, 2000s)

Other Orthodox churches

• Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral aka Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew, Birmingham, England
• The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca in Cluj-Napoca (1923-1933)
• The Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki (1868)
• Bagrati Cathedral, aka Cathedral of the Dormition, Kutaisi, Georgia
• Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral, Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition, Tbilisi, Georgia
• Dormition Cathedral, Varna, aka Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Varna, Bulgaria

Roman Catholic churches

• The Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok, principal Roman Catholic church of Thailand, located in the Bang Rak district of the national capital
• Tuam Cathedral, aka Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
• Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville) in Louisville, Kentucky
• Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, California
• Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin—formal name of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Cordoba, Spain
• St. Maria Himmelfahrt, Chur, Switzerland (on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance)

See also

• Our Lady of the Assumption Church (disambiguation)