Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Great Bagachka
The small town of Great Bagachka that in Poltava, associated with the 750-year-old oak sanatorium and tyhoplynnoyu and clean river Psel. In addition, we recommend visiting the Church of the Blessed Virgin, which destroyed several times, but she revived like a phoenix.
History of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Great Bagachka was built in 1710. The funds allocated for the construction bahachanskyy captain Andrew Stefanovic. New iconostasis in the church established in 1738. In 1860, a temple set in stone plinth and built a wooden tower. When the church was a school, where he taught Lavrin Babychenko clerk and sexton Taras Weaver.
Under Soviet rule Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was destroyed in 1937. When Ukraine became independent, there was the question of restoring the temple. First, church services were held in a rented factory premises "Freckle". Subsequently, the joint efforts of parishioners and Father Basil Fasano was built a new church.
How to get to church
The distance from the regional center to the Great Bagachka - 78 kilometers. Buses leave from the bus number 1 (street Velykotyrnivska 7) almost every hour. The city car is way E40. Over 13 kilometers from the town railway station is located Yaresky through which runs trains in Kyiv , Lviv , Kharkiv , Poltava .
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is located in Great Bagachka on Gogol Street. Along Lake Central also located.