page_title: Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev
section_title: Cathedral complex
hierarchical_section_title: Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev / Cathedral complex
caption_attribution_description: English: Christmas trees in front of St. Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv
context_page_description: Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is an outstanding architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. The cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kiev Cave Monastery complex. Aside from its main building, the cathedral includes an ensemble of supporting structures such as a bell tower and the House of Metropolitan. In 2011 the historic site was reassigned from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Regional Development of Ukraine to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. One of the reasons for the move was that both Saint Sophia Cathedral and Kiev Pechersk Lavra are recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Program as one complex, while in Ukraine the two were governed by different government entities.
  In Ukrainian the cathedral is known as Sobor Sviatoyi Sofiyi or Sofiyskyi sobor.
  The complex of the cathedral is the main component and museum of the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kiev" which is the state institution responsible for the preservation of the cathedral complex as well as four other historic landmarks across the nation.
context_section_description: Sophia Cathedral
  Bell tower
  House of the Metropolitan
  Refectory Church
  Brotherhood building
  Bursa (high school)
  Consistory
  Southern entrance tower
  Zaborovsky Gate
  Cells
  Monastic Inn
  Memorial Stela of Yaroslav's library
caption: Christmas celebrations in front of St. Sophia Cathedral bell tower
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