Church of the Tithes
| Church of the Dormition of the Virgin | |
|---|---|
 The ruined Church of the Tithes in the 1650s, drawn by Abraham van Westerveld. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Province | Kyiv Metropolis |
| Rite | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Status | destroyed |
| Location | |
| Location | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Architecture | |
| Type | cathedral |
| Completed | 996 |
| Materials | Stone |
Kievan Rus | |
| Cultures | Old Ruthenian |
|---|---|
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
The Church of the Tithes or Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (
Vladimir set aside a tithe of his income and property to finance the church's construction and maintenance, which gave the church its popular name.
On an initiative of the Metropolitan of Kyiv
Medieval church
By Vladimir's order, the remains of his grandmother
The church was seriously damaged in the fire of 1017 and was rebuilt by
In 1171 and 1203, the church was sacked
In the early 19th century, another metropolitan bishop, A plan to rebuild the church is under consideration in Kyiv. Proponents of reconstruction point out the historical and political importance of rebuilding a church so significant in 
Replacement buildings
Plans for reconstruction
On July 9, 2009, at a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, it was decided to open the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Desyatynnyi monastery in Kyiv and appoint as governor Gideon Archimandrite (Charon). In January 2010, Kyiv's Head of Urban Planning, Architecture and Urban Environment Design, Sergii Tsilovalnyk, reported that a platform will be built on the ruins of the Tithe church to serve as a foundation for the new church, which will belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).[5]
In January 2018, two men attempted to set fire to the 2007 (Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)) wooden church near the Church of the Tithes.
In January 2023, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy called for the dismantling of the 2007 building in court.[6] According to the ministry, the building was illegally located on the territory of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine.[6] On 15 February 2023 the Commercial Court of Kyiv ordered the dismantling of the 2007 building.[7]
List of burials
Within its premises the church had a princely tomb.
- Pope Clement I
- Anna of Byzantium
- Vladimir the Great
- Olga of Kiev, reburied from Vyshhorod
- Yaropolk I of Kiev
- Oleg of the Drevlyans
The remnants of Anna of Byzantium and Vladimir the Great were first reburied in the
External links
References
- ^ a b c Mariya Lesiv, The Return of Ancestral Gods: Modern Ukrainian Paganism as an Alternative Vision for a Nation, (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013), 105.
- ^ a b The Notion of "Uncorrupted Relics" in Early Russian Culture, Gail Lenhoff, Christianity and the Eastern Slavs: Slavic cultures in the Middle Ages, Vol. I, ed. B. Gasparov, Olga Raevsky-Hughes, (University of California Press, 1993), 264.
- ^ a b c The Earliest Mediaeval Churches of Kiev, Samuel H. Cross, H. V. Morgilevski and K. J. Conant, Speculum, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct., 1936), 482.
- ^ Michael F. Hamm, Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917, (Princeton University Press, 1993), 234.
- ^ Website Desyatinny Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin "Home". Archived from the original on 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
- ^ a b c d Stanislav Pogorilov (2023-01-12). ""The "temple" of the UOC of the MP near the Church of the Tithes must be dismantled, the point will be set by the court – Tkachenko". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ Alona Mazurenko (2023-02-15). "The court ordered the dismantling of the "chrome kiosk" near the Tenth Church – Tkachenko". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-02-15.
