Andrew's Church

Ukraine, Kyiv

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Andrew's Church

Ukraine, Kyiv

There is a legend according to which the place where the Dnieper now flows was the sea. When St. Andrey came to Kyiv and put a cross on the mountain where St. Andrew's Church now stands, then the whole sea went down. But some part of it remained and hid under Andreevskaya Hill. When a church was later built here, a well opened under the altar. There are no bells in St. Andrew's Church, because, according to legend, at the first blow, the water would wake up and flood not only Kyiv, but the entire Left Bank.

The baroque pearl - St. Andrew's Church was founded in 1744 in connection with the arrival of Elizabeth I in Kyiv. St. Andrew's Church was built in 1749-54. according to the project of V.V. Rastrelli on Andreevsky Hill, at the beginning of Andreevsky Descent. This is the only surviving work of the architect in Ukraine. The construction was led by the architect I. Michurin. The single-domed five-domed temple has the shape of a cross, in the corners of which there are decorative towers on massive pillars that play the role of a kind of buttresses. Outside, the buttresses are decorated with pilasters and covered with three pairs of columns with capitals of the Corinthian order.
A steep cast-iron staircase leads to St. Andrew's Church from the side of the street. The whole mass of the church rests on a two-story stylobate house with eight rooms on each floor, the walls of which are the foundation of the church. Around the church there is a balustrade, from which a picturesque panorama of Podil and the Dnieper opens. The inner frame of St. Andrew's Church, designed by VV Rastrelli, is close to the Rococo style. Since 1958 St. Andrew's Church has been a branch of the Sofia Museum-Reserve. In 1978–79 carried out another restoration.

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Matveika

Traveled 9 years ago

Rating 8

The same church

Do you remember the movie "Chasing 2 Hares" and the church where Prosya Prokopovna and her stylish barber boyfriend Golokhvastov were supposed to get married? She is the one! Her review is great! And it's very beautiful inside! Spend your energy - walk along the cobblestones, climb the steep stairs and enjoy the view!→

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