The audioguide tells the story, details the architecture, and reports interesting factual statements about the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, one of the oldest Russian churches. Regarding to Novgorod’s 1st chronicle, it was erected in the years 1045 – 1050 “for the purchase of Prince Jaroslav, his kid Vladimir and Archbishop Luca.” Ahead of its construction there have been no stone structures in Novgorod. Byzantine Masters from Kiev, who got close ties to the Byzantine Empire, were invited.

The Hagia Sophia about Saint Sophia Cathedral. Velikiy Novgorod. Russia cathedral includes a complex structure. Once followed like a model, the Byzantine chapel system using a Greek cross-shaped chapel was surmounted with a dome. The chapel was modified to the requirements of the prince. In Kiev, and in Novgorod, a chapel that experienced the same signifying as Hagia Sophia of Constantinople, was needed, to represent the main chapel of the territory. For this reason, both churches were dedicated to Sofia, which means Intelligence of God, rather than a saint or a holiday.

The prince needed a great church, to show his wealth and splendor. The central dome, regarding to a custom, dating back again to 1408, is normally golden. Within the combination that overhangs there is a dove in comfort, symbolizing the Holy Soul. According to legend, a dove resting on the mix of Hagia Sophia remained petrified by horror, after viewing the bloody massacre that this Opri?niki’s military of Ivan the Terrible inflicted upon the rebel city.

Subsequently, among the monks seemed to Our Lady and told him that so long as there is the dove around the cross, the city will be protected.

You are able to examine the 3D model of the church and observe its interior through the MuByz App. The audioguide has been made by professionals in neuro-scientific history and art.