Church of the Intercession of the Virgin, Zhitomir

Church of the Holy Virgin is in Zhitomir and belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. The Church is not a very large room with a central dome.

Information about the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin

Church of the Intercession of the Virgin is the Old Believers, and about a year of its construction considered in 1875. Temple is located on the street Shchorsa. The church is named after the great feast of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is celebrated not only in Ukraine but also in other countries. There are many legends associated with the occurrence of this celebration.

One of them says that it is in this day an army of Russian princes-Vikings Askold took oblogu Constantinople, which was then the center of the Orthodox faith. Locals began praying to the Virgin Mary for help. Then their prayers were answered, Mother of God covered them with his cloak, and the enemy did not see them. It happened in the 910 year. Blessed Andrew witnessed the event. Some argue that after this event, and the army took Askold Christian faith. Even in ancient times the holiday associated with the completion of the field work and the arrival of winter.

Covers Triumph earlier celebrated as the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks, it was in 1999. In addition, it is October 14, 1942 formally established the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). In Ukraine, the holiday always venerated the Zaporozhye Cossacks, they often erected temples in honor of the Virgin Mary and prayed for its icons.

How to get to the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin

By the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin from the railway station you can drive down the street Vatutina a shuttle bus № 10. The distance is about 5 km.