Veliky Novgorod
Cathedral of St. Sophia Wisdom of God and the Novgorod Kremlin, the PP - Volhov.
Novgorod Cathedral of St. Sophia Wisdom of God
Letopisnym According to sources, the stone was laid Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod Kremlin in 1045 ST. Prince Vladimir Yaroslavichem, son of Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise, and the Bishop of Novgorod Luke Zhidyatoy. The temple was consecrated September 14, 1052.
In the years of Soviet power St. Sophia's Cathedral is a part of the Novgorod gosmuzeya Reserve.
In 1991, at the initiative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II temple was returned to the Novgorod diocese. 16 August 1991 Patriarch personally blessed him. http://drevo.pravbeseda.ru/index.php?id=3535