Elias Church (Kiev)

50.466666666667 30.524166666667Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ N , 30 ° 31 ′ 27 ″ E

The Elias Church in Podil

The Elias Church , ( Ukrainian Іллінська церква / Genealogieska zerkwa ) is an Orthodox church building of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and a national architectural monument in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

history

The Elias Church, built in 1692 near the Dneprufer in the Kiev district of Podil , stands, according to the Nestor Chronicle , in place of the first church of the Kievan Rus , a wooden church whose history dates back to 945. The church, named after the prophet Elijah , was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style after a fire in 1718 and received the portico and a chapel after the great fire in Podil in 1811 .

Web links

Commons : Elias Church (Kiev) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Elias Church on gorodkiev.com (Russian)

Church bell tower

Individual evidence

↑ Elias Church on the Kiev Encyclopedia ; last accessed on April 19, 2014 (Russian)
^ ^A ^b Günther Schäfer: Kiev: Tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr . In: City guide (= Trescher series of trips ). 3. Edition. Trescher Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , pp. 99 ([ limited preview in Google Book search]).

[1] Elias Church on the Kiev Encyclopedia ; last accessed on April 19, 2014 (Russian)

[Kiev-2] A ^b Günther Schäfer: Kiev: Tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr . In: City guide (= Trescher series of trips ). 3. Edition. Trescher Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , pp. 99 ([ limited preview in Google Book search]).