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Religious Site Attractions In Zhytomyr

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Zhytomyr is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion . The city of Zhytomyr is not a part of Zhytomyr Raion: the city itself is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast; moreover Zhytomyr consists of two so-called raions in a city: Bohunskyi Raion and Koroliovskyi Raion . Zhytomyr occupies an area of 65 square kilometres . Its population is 266,936. Zhytomyr is a major transportation hub. The city lies on a historic route linking the city of Kiev with the west through Brest. Today it links Warsaw with Kiev...
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Religious Site Attractions In Zhytomyr

  • 1. St. Michael's Cathedral Zhytomyr
    Saint Olga was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Svyatoslav from 945 until 960. She is known for her obliteration of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor of Kiev. Even though it would be her grandson Vladimir that would convert the entire nation to Christianity, her efforts to spread Christianity through the Rus’ earned Olga veneration as a saint. While her birthdate is unknown, it could be as early as AD 890 and as late as 5 June 925. Saint Olga, who was the first Russian saint of the Orthodox Church, is the patron of widows and converts.
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