The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in Warsaw is the main church of the Polish Orthodox Church. A building committee founded by Prince Vladimir Cherkassky and General Yevgenii Rozhnov oversaw it, and the Russian authorities backed it as a symbol of their rule. Nikolai Sychev submitted the first blueprint in 1867, and the committee changed it substantially.
The foundation stone was laid on June 14, 1867, and the church opened in 1869. The style is Russian Revival. The plan is a Greek cross with five onion domes on octagonal drums, and a bell tower was added to the original single-dome design.
A fire in 1944 nearly destroyed the church, and Germany confiscated the bells. It entered the register of monuments in 1965.
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