All Saints of Chernihiv Church

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The Church of All Saints (Ukrainian: Храм усіх святих Чернігівських, romanized: Khram usikh sviatykh Chernihivskykh) is an Eastern Orthodox Church church in Chernihiv.

Location: The church is located in the residential area of Rokossovsky Street near the Niva market, on Heroes of Stalingrad Square. Construction began in late 2000. As of 2011, it is almost complete.

History: Before the complex was built, there were several construction projects in this area. Plans were in place to build a cultural centre, a recreational park and a shopping center; in the end it was decided to build a temple. The area, where almost half of Chernihiv lives, did not have its own church before, and accordingly a temple holiday. In the summer of 2001, the Holy Synod of the UOC-MP decided to celebrate the Day of All Chernihiv Saints. It falls on the first Saturday after the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, that is, on the first Saturday after July 12. This decision was not accidental, because a number of Ukrainian Orthodox saints—26–are from Chernihiv. These include Prince Igor, martyrs for the faith of Prince Michael and boyar Fyodor, St. Anthony of Pechersk—founder of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, educators...