Description of the attraction
The Three Saints Church of Kharkov is one of the pearls of the city. The Orthodox church is located at 101 Horse Army Street. The church was built in 1907-1915. for the initiative of the chairman of the City Merchant Society G. O. Golberg on his personal plot. The temple is named in the name of Three Saints - Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.
The history of the church asserts that the monastery got its name from its initiator, since G. Golberg had two brothers, Ivan and Vasily, whose names are included in the name of the church. G. Golberg, put a lot of effort into the construction of the temple, therefore, in his memory, Kharkiv residents assigned another name to the Three Saints Church - Golbergovskaya.
The architect and professor M. Lovtsov was the creator of the project of the Church of the Three Saints. The project was carried out in the form of a Moscow five-domed bell tower with a hipped roof, on the basis of a constructive solution previously produced in the St. Petersburg church of the Kiev-Pechersk courtyard. The absence of internal bearing pillars is the main feature of the structure.
The solemn laying of the Trinity Church took place in September 1906, but without the participation of M. Lovtsov. The construction was supervised by arch. V. Pokrovsky, who completed the construction at the end of 1914. After that the temple was consecrated by Metropolitan Flavian. The highly artistic interiors of the shrine are especially valuable. The painting was made by the St. Petersburg painter A. Sokolov, and the unique iconostasis of the temple was made according to the sketches of V. Pokrovsky, in Italy.
In 1923 the Church of the Three Saints was turned into a warehouse, but already in 1925 the activity of the church was resumed. Today services are being held in the church, and the festive ringing of bells pleases the residents of the southern part of the city across the river.
The Three Saints Church is recognized as an architectural monument of Ukraine and is one of the best in Kharkov.
