The Catedrala Nașterea Domnului (Cathedral of Christ’s Nativity) is the main Orthodox cathedral in Chișinău, Moldova, and a landmark of national significance. Its construction began in 1830 and was completed in 1836, following the initiative of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni and under the guidance of architect Abram Melnikov, a master of the Russian Empire style. The cathedral was strategically placed at the city center, as indicated in Chișinău’s first urban plan from 1817, and features three altars: the central altar dedicated to the Nativity of Christ, and two lateral altars originally dedicated to St. Alexander Nevsky and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
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