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.
The church is double-altared – the main church is in honor of St. Nicholas the Svyatosha, and the lower one is in honor of the holy martyr John the Warrior. The temple was built on the territory of military unit T-0710, designed by architect Georgy Rogozhin (author of more than 50 churches throughout Ukraine). Construction … Read more
The Orthodox church was built in six months in honor of the holy martyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia and All Rus’ (1495-1497), who was killed by the Tatars on the banks of the Pripyat in the village of Skrigalov (Belarus) while traveling from Vilna to Kyiv. The wooden temple was erected in the style … Read more
Elias Church is possibly the first Orthodox church of Kievan Rus. The first mentions of it occur even before the Baptism of Rus’. The Tale of Bygone Years says that in 945, when the Kyiv ambassadors, after concluding an agreement with the Byzantine Emperor Roman, returned to Kiev, accompanied by a Greek delegation, a divine … Read more
The first stone for the construction of a temple in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign” was laid in 2001 on the territory of the 5th maternity hospital. Partial financing of the temple was carried out by the city administration and the chief doctor of the maternity hospital. With this … Read more
The Church of St. Theodosius of Chernigov was built in 1908-1909 and was originally located on the site of the current Darnitsky market. It was a wooden temple, lined with brick. The church was cruciform in plan and ended with a dome on an 8-sided drum; a bell tower with a hipped roof was built … Read more
In the 1960s, the Church of the Conception of John the Baptist was located not far from school No. 55 and was destroyed on the orders of the Soviet authorities. The rector of the abolished church lived in a private house on the site of the current church with a parishioner. The owner built an … Read more