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Church of the Tithes

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Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Church of the Tithes
Phone:
+380 44 246 4762

Hours:
Sunday12am - 12am
Monday12am - 12am
Tuesday12am - 12am
Wednesday12am - 12am
Thursday12am - 12am
Friday12am - 12am
Saturday12am - 12am


The Church of the Tithes or Church of the Dormition of the Virgin was the first stone church in Kiev. Originally it was built by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir the Great between 989 and 996 by Byzantine and local workers at the site of death of martyrs Theodor the Varangian and his son Johann. It was originally named the Church of Our Lady, in honor of the Dormition of the Theotokos. The church was ruined in 1240 during the siege of Kiev by Mongol armies of Batu Khan. Vladimir set aside a tithe of his income and property to finance the church's construction and maintenance, which gave the church its popular name. On an initiative of the Metropolitan of Kiev Eugene Bolkhovitinov, the church was rebuilt in the mid 19th century, but in 1928 it was once again destroyed by the Soviet regime.
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