Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Vylkove
City Vylkove that in the Odessa area, not without reason called the Ukrainian Venice because of the many canals running along the streets. There is not the last place is occupied by its unique history and beauty of ancient churches. One of them - the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, which was built in the mid 19th century on the site of a wooden church, which appeared a century earlier. In 1873 the main building to the bell tower was added height of 32 m, in which there are six bells.
One feature of the temple is that it erected immigrants-conservatives (Old Believers). The change of power touched it of worship, although during the struggle against religion, the church is practically not affected. However, even after the end of World War II, it was too early to calm down. In 1962, the local authorities have given the church premises for storage, then there opened a children`s chess club. Later, it was planned to do in the temple playground, but those plans went awry: lawns immediately began to wither, the idea of the site is also gradually vanished into thin air, and the building began to find shelter the homeless.
No wonder that in 1980 there was a fire, who inflicted significant damage. In 1990, the restoration of the temple of the means of voluntary donations from local businesses and with the assistance of the local administration. From 1993 to the present day in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin are worship, the church is open for tourists. From the height of the bell tower, which is open access, you can watch the splendid panorama of the city, rivers and canals.
