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Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Prešov

Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

Prešov, Slovakia

About Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Slovak: Katedrála svätého Jána Krstiteľa) in Prešov is a Greek Catholic cathedral, the seat of Archbishop of Prešov and the metropolitan church of Slovak Greek Catholic Province. Former eparchy bishops and martyrs Pavol Gojdič and Vasiľ Hopko are buried here.

The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Slovak: Katedrála svätého Jána Krstiteľa) in Prešov is a Greek Catholic cathedral, the seat of Archbishop of Prešov and the metropolitan church of Slovak Greek Catholic Province. Former eparchy bishops and martyrs Pavol Gojdič and Vasiľ Hopko are buried here. In the temple there also is a copy of Shroud of Turin. A hospital chapel was built on the site by the Augustinians in the late 1300s; ownership of the site changed hands several times and it became a monastery in the late 1600s.

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