Some amazing news has been given to admirers and visitors of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Ukraine, as the central area in the cathedral once again has its Royal Gates returned. A subject of great despair, these gates are a requirement of the church canon used to symbolize unity between heaven and earth, and during the last century, the Soviets had taken the gate down and possibly even melted it for different reasons. While there had been pieces found, there has been a great move to restore these beautiful works since as early as the 1970s.
Now, after 2 years of work financed by an anonymous benefactor, Polish restorers were assigned and have now brought these amazing works back to Kyiv. The restoration has taken over 100,000 dollars, and are constructed of pure silver. It has taken an amazing amount of time, effort and precision to resotre the gates, but now, out of the 50% of the original gates, the St. Sophia Royal Gates are back.
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