The Church of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica is the oldest wooden church in Kyiv. In 1715, in the village of Zhulyany near Kiev, by the forces of the monks of the Sofia Monastery, to which the village belonged until 1787, a temple-chapel was erected Demetrius of Thessalonica. By the middle of the 19th … Read more
Among the outstanding writers of the past, whose work has stood the test of time and entered the treasury of world culture, the classic of Jewish literature Sholom Aleichem (Rabinovich Solomon Naumovich) occupies an honorable place. In March 2009, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the writer’s birth, his museum was opened, which the … Read more
During the reconstruction of the central railway station and the creation of a new station square in front of the South Terminal, the dean of the Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district, Archpriest Vasily Rusinka, turned to the Minister of Transport and Communications, General Director of Ukrzaliznytsia Georgy Kirpa with a request to build a cathedral – he supported … Read more
The popular name of this building as “the house of Peter the Great” is nothing more than an urban legend. According to unconfirmed reports, Russian Tsar Peter the Great lived in this house during his visit to Kyiv in 1706. At that time, the building belonged to Hetman Ivan Mazepa, who personally received the Tsar. … Read more
The history of the parish of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalia of the Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalia on the Forest Range began with the intercession of individual ascetics and zealots. The consecration of the construction site was performed by His Beatitude Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine in 2002. … Read more
The Orthodox monastery in the Tserkovshchina tract was founded in the 11th-12th century on the site where one of the founders of Kievo-Pecherskaya Laurels sometimes retired during Lent Theodosius of Pechersk. The monastery was called Gniletsky and in its development repeated the history of the Lavra: at first it existed in caves, and over time … Read more