St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Nicholas is the second oldest Roman Catholic church standing in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine after the St. Alexander Roman Catholic Cathedral. Today the building is shared between the Roman Catholic Church of Ukraine and the National House of Organ and Chamber Music. The construction work was carried out by exclusively from voluntary donations, and lasted for ten years (1899–1909).nIn 1909, the church was consecrated in the name of Saint Nicholas, however the construction was not yet completed. A Gothic style three-story house was built for the parish clergy to the left of the church. In 1938, Soviet authorities closed the church after its Roman Catholic priest was “absent” for two years due to the Soviet persecution of Christians.