Church of St. Peter the Apostle, Odessa

Church of St. Peter the Apostle in Odessa was built on the initiative and assistance of Alexander vassals who in 1912 provided funds and land from your own site for the temple.

His commitment to the construction of the church, he explained acute shortage of places in Catholic churches already working. In 1913, the building was consecrated and opened for parishioners. With the advent of the period of revolution and change of power are two of the three Catholic Church ceased to serve this church was the only Catholic church of the city from 1936 to 1950. It has an elegant architecture of pseudo-direction, a beautiful mosaic depicting St. Peter and fairly compact size.

Church of St. Peter the Apostle today

Currently, the church continues to operate, subject to the Roman Catholic faith. It is noteworthy that the ownership of the community church was returned to the Odessa authorities in 2011 for a nominal fee - 1 hryvnia and 20 cents.

It will also be interesting to visit another Catholic church - the Church of St. Clement , built in 1820 near the ancient cemetery of Odessa.