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.
There are no exact and documented references to the Zverinetsky Cave Monastery. It is assumed that the settlement of the caves by monks occurred in the 11th-12th centuries during the Christianization of Kievan Rus. Some church historians believe that the Zverinetsky Monastery is the predecessor of the Vydubitsky Monastery and owes its appearance to Prince … Read more
The synagogue was opened on August 24, 1898 on the 50th anniversary of the birth of Lazar Brodsky, a Ukrainian sugar industrialist, philanthropist and philanthropist with whose funds it was built. He also financed the construction of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv operetta, Bessarabian market, Evgeniy Paton Institute. The synagogue was built according to the … Read more
This six-pillar, cross-domed temple is one of the oldest surviving on the territory of the former ancient Russian state. The church in the name of Saints Cyril and Athanasius was built after the ascension of the Chernigov prince Vsevolod Olgovich to the Kiev throne in 1139 on the outskirts of the city – in the … Read more
The Vydubitsky Monastery is one of the most ancient monasteries in Kyiv, along with the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. It was founded around 1077 by the son of Yaroslav the Wise, Vsevolod Yaroslavich. The monastery itself and the adjacent area of Vydubychi take their name from the old legend about Vladimir the Baptist and the defeated … Read more
Nicholas Church is a Roman Catholic church of St. Nicholas in Kyiv, used since 1980 as the House of Organ and Chamber Music. Construction of the Church of St. Nicholas began according to a competition design by architect S. Valovsky in 1899. The design of the building was carried out under the leadership of the … Read more
Hagia Sophia was built in the first half of the 11th century by order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise on the site of the victory in 1036 over the Pechenegs. At the turn of the 17th-28th centuries, it was externally rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style. The interior of the cathedral has preserved the world’s … Read more