The Sacred Heart of Taskent - The Cathedral of Uzbekistan
The cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Taskent was built between 1912 and 1917 on the initiative of Father Justyn Pranaitis, with a project by Polish architect Ludwig Panchakevich. Closed by the Soviet power in 1926, it was returned to the parish in 1992 and again consecrated on 22 October 2000.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- He was born of the commitment of Father Pranaitis and the talent of the Polish architect Panchakevich, in the last years of the Turkish Tsarist.
- The Soviet power closed it in 1926; after independence it was returned to the community in 1992 and reconsecrated in 2000 by Nuncio Marian Oles.
- Since 2005 it has been the seat of the apostolic administration of Uzbekistan, whose first bishop was the Franciscan conventual Jerzy Maculewicz.
- The Marian devotion of the country has its own parishes: St. Mary in Ferganá and the Virgin Mary Mother of Charity in Urgench.
Taskent Cathedral (Sacred Heart)
Restituated to prayer after six decades of silence, the Taskent Cathedral is the heart of the small Uzbek Catholic Church, which prays to the Mother of God from Ferganá to Urgench.
"The Mother of Charity, Santa Maria, pray for the Catholics of Uzbekistan.
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