The section «Religion» on our website is devoted to the study of the history and culture of religious traditions in Kyiv. We talk about the history of the emergence and significance of various religious denominations in Kyiv, their shrines and temples. We give information about the location of each temple and how best to get to it. We also provide interesting facts about various religious rites and traditions that have been preserved in Kyiv. Our section is also devoted to little-known and forgotten religious monuments, which also have their own history and cultural significance. If you are interested in the religious culture of Kyiv, then our section «Religion» will help you learn more about this amazing city and its religious traditions.
What to show to a tourist who visited our city? How to diversify your vacation? In search of answers, it is worth going on a walking tour and strolling through the historical district of Ancient Kyiv. In December 2012, in one of the most mysterious buildings in Kyiv, located on Yaroslavov Val Street, 1, The … Read more
At the beginning of the 20th century, on the site of the so-called Arrestantsky gardens, several small streets were planned and laid, among them was Skomoroshsky Lane (the Skomorokh River flowed nearby). Estate No. 7 in Skomoroshsky Lane was rented by the Jewish community, which was called the Galician Society after the name of the … Read more
At the beginning of the 19th century, there was only one Roman Catholic church in Kyiv – a wooden church, which burned down in 1814 and therefore Kyiv Catholics decided to build a new one. In March of the same year, the chairman of the provincial nobility, Count Pototsky, wrote a letter to Emperor Alexander … Read more
The Kiev Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ is the main cathedral of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. On October 27, 2002, the cornerstone of the future cathedral was consecrated with the participation of Lyubomir Huzar (Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church). Construction of the complex began on September 9, 2002. Until June … Read more
In Ukraine and Kyiv in particular, German colonists settled in the second half of the 18th century and they lived mainly in Podol. The first services for the still small German community were held in the house of Georg Bunge, the owner of the first city pharmacy. However, the community soon became cramped in the … Read more
There is a legend that the first wooden church of St. Nicholas of the Naberezhny was founded back in the 11th century on the banks of the Pochayna River near the place where a child allegedly drowned in 1092, who was miraculously found alive in front of the icon of St. Nicholas the Wet in … Read more