Description of the attraction
The Temple of Theodosius of Chernigov is one of the youngest temples in Kiev, however, during its existence, it managed to turn into one of the city's attractions.
The history of the temple of Theodosius of Chernigov begins in 1986, when settlers from Chernobyl and Pripyat, cities affected by the Chernobyl disaster, began to come to the Belichi residential area. New settlers had to become parishioners of the Church of St. John the Baptist, but its size did not allow everyone to visit it, and another church simply did not exist here. For this reason, the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident and their family members drew up a petition to the authorities, which indicated the need to perpetuate the memory of the victims. Only in 1994, at the place where Chernobylskaya Street and Pobedy Avenue intersect, a monument was erected, consecrated by Metropolitan Vladimir.
At the same time, an idea was put forward to build a chapel named after the patron saint of the liquidators of the accident, Theodosius of Chernigov. In April 2001, the foundation stone of the future church was solemnly laid. At first, it was planned to erect a relatively small building, only 3x5 meters, but gradually the plan changed and as a result a real temple was obtained, capable of accommodating 200 people at a time, although, according to community members, this is completely insufficient. Officially, the temple began its work in September 2002, but even during the construction, various rituals were held.
Since the majority of the parishioners of the church are somehow connected with the accident at the nuclear power plant, among the people of Kiev it is often called “Chernobyl”. To date, the church has collected many icons with particles of holy relics, and now their number is constantly increasing.
