St. Andrew`s yard in Odessa

St. Andrew`s farmstead in Odessa is located on Station Square . To some extent, this is symbolic: it is because it served for the needs of travelers. Hence at the end of the 19th century pilgrims from Russia journeyed to worship shrines on Mount Athos, in Constantinople, Jerusalem and other cities - geography was extensive. On the courtyard, which was called St. Andrew`s Russian coenobitic skit they spent the night, make travel arrangements. Here was placed about 300 pilgrims were about 50 monks.

The right wing of the building was two temples: the bottom - in the name of St. Andrew, and the top, occupied the second and third floors - in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

Under the Soviet regime in the former courtyard of the Palace of Culture was opened tram and trolleybus management. In October 1996, the Metropolitan of Odessa and Izmail Agafangel got back the building of the Odessa diocese. And now, on the first floor of his - a temple in honor of Our Lady of Tikhvin. The second floor is used for the Diocesan Assembly.

In addition to St. Andrew, in Odessa before the 1917 revolution were two monastery of Mount Athos monastery: Panteleimon and Ilinskoe, the site of which is now St. Elias Monastery .