St. Michael's Cathedral (Pereyaslavl)

St. Michael's Cathedral is an Orthodox church in Pereyaslavl-Russky , the cathedral church of the Pereyaslavsky Diocese .

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St. Michael's Cathedral
Reconstruction of St. Michael's Cathedral, Museum of Old Russian Pereyaslav Architecture
A country	Old Russian state
Denomination	orthodoxy
Architectural style	Byzantine
Building	1090
condition	ruined

The stone Mikhailovsky Cathedral was built in 1089 and was one of the largest ancient Russian temples of the pre-Mongol period . The initiator of the construction was Metropolitan Pereyaslavsky Ephraim , who also laid down a number of other Pereyaslav temples. The parameters of the St. Michael's Cathedral, established during the excavations, were 27.6 m wide and 33 m long ^[1] . In terms of its plan, it is close to the Kiev St. Sophia Cathedral, and inside it is divided into columns into five longitudinal sections, the naves . The walls were decorated with frescoes and mosaics, and the floor was paved with mosaics, slate slabs and multi-colored glazed tiles. The cathedral had two extensions - in front of the central entrance and at the northeast corner.

The cathedral was located in the southwestern part of Pereyaslavsky Dytynets and was the tomb of Pereyaslavl princes . Near the temple was located the episcopal palace.

In 1124, the cathedral suffered from an earthquake, but was rebuilt. A new earthquake caused the temple damage in 1230 . St. Michael's Cathedral was ransacked and destroyed in 1239 during the capture of Pereyaslavl by the troops of Batu . In 1646-1666, the wooden St. Michael's Church of St. Michael’s Monastery was built on its foundation. The remains of the foundation, discovered during excavations in 1949 , can be viewed in the Museum of Architecture of Old Russian Pereyaslav