Church of Exaltation of the Cross (Podil)

50.4625 30.508333333333Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 45 ″ N , 30 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ E

The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Podil

The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross , ( Ukrainian Хрестовоздвиженська церква / Chrestowosdwyschenska zerkwa ) is an Orthodox church building of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (Eparchy Kiev) in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

history

The wooden church built on a stone foundation in the Podil district of Kiev in 1748 had a separate bell tower. It fell victim to the fire in Podil in 1811 . It was then rebuilt in the classical style by the Kiev-based architect Andrei Melenski until 1841 . The interior of the church was designed by the Kiev artist Hryhorij Petrowytsch Switlyzkyj . In 1891 Mikhail Bulgakov was baptized in the Exaltation of the Cross. In 1984 the church was restored.

Web links

Commons : Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Podil) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Sights Kiev - Church of Exaltation of the Cross (Ukrainian)
Church on orthodox-church.kiev.ua (Russian)

Individual evidence

^ ^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. 93 ([ limited preview in Google Book search]).
^ Church of the Exaltation of the Cross Podil ; last accessed on April 18, 2014 (Russian)

[Kiev-1] 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. 93 ([ limited preview in Google Book search]).

[2] Church of the Exaltation of the Cross Podil ; last accessed on April 18, 2014 (Russian)