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Holy Cross Cathedral is a Ruthenian Catholic cathedral in Uzhhorod Ukraine. It is dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.The Baroque church was built in 1646 at the behest of the Jesuits from funds donated by the Drugeth noble family. It sustained some damage during Rákóczi’s War of Independence. After the Society of Jesus was suppressed in 1773 Empress Maria Theresa allowed the Greek Catholics to take possession of the building.
