The Cathedral of St. Machar – the old Cathedral, located in Aberdeen in Scotland. Technically a "high Church" and not a Cathedral since the time of the Scottish reformation, because there is no Episcopal chair.

Holy Mahar was the companion of St. Columba on the way to the Isle of Iona. According to the legend, Maharu was the command above to start a Church in that place, where the river bends, as the pommel is a Bishop's crosier. So flows the don river just below the spot where the Cathedral now stands. Holy Mahar founded the Church in Old Aberdeen in approximately 580 year and 113, when king David I moved it to the Episcopal Church from Mortlake in Aberdeen, the site of the Church began construction of a Cathedral in the Norman style. This Cathedral is almost nothing left. At the end of the XIII century it was decided to rebuild and enlarge the Church, but these plans were prevented by the Scottish war of independence. Managed to build only the column of red Sandstone, and the remains of these columns can be seen in the Eastern part of the building. Capitals of the columns represents one of the finest examples of stone carving of the time.

In the early fourteenth century Norman Cathedral was demolished, and construction began on a new, with granite columns and towers in the Western part. After the completion of the nave and West facade began construction of the Central tower, which collapsed in 1688 in a severe storm. Of special interest is the ceiling of the nave, executed in the first half of the XVI century. On carved wooden panels depict the coats of arms of all the kings of Europe, as well as Scottish Earl and bishops.

The Cathedral is a fine example of a fortified Church, with two towers, which are made on the model of medieval castles, tower-houses. In the Cathedral are buried many famous people.