Next year Saint Sophia cathedral in Kiev will mark its 1000th anniversary. In 1990 Sophia cathedral became the first monument in Ukraine to be included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO, RFE/RL reported.

In 1970s Armenian inscriptions left by ancient communities of Armenian merchants and militaries were discovered on the cathedral’s walls. Armenians would probably hold religious ceremonies in the southern part of the cathedral, where the inscriptions were found.