Greek Catholic Cathedral
The Greek-Catholic Cathedral of Uzhhorodis was built by the Jesuits in 1646 and was intended as a Jesuit college. The church is dedicated to the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. After the Jesuit order was banned in 1773, the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa gave the church to the Greek Catholics. In 1799, an iconostasis corresponding to the Baroque church was added. During the Soviet period, the church was given to the Orthodox Church. The bishop's residence, located next door, was used as a technical school and became very dilapidated over the years. It was not until 1991 that the church and the residence were returned to the ownership of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church.
