Spasʹka Tserkva

Church of the Savior is the oldest architectural monument of national importance in Poltava. Also it is the first successful project of the so-called “museuification” of the house of worship – the wooden churn was covered by a stone case. Having entered the Church of the Savior in Poltava you are immediately run into a kind of corridor of time and appears in ХVІІІ and ХІХ centuries! The Church built from oak beams begat to destroy. In 1837 Alexander ІІ visited Poltava and saw the old roof of the Church and its walls covered with moss. After that the emperor heritor initiated opening of charitable subscription in order to preserve the Church by raising the finances for construction of stone case over the wooden Church. This initiative allowed to get 25 000 Rubles in silver. In 1845 the architect A. Ton implemented the preservation project. Since that time and till present the wooden Church is covered with its stone copy (height – 13.5 m, length – 21 m). Between the Church and its stone copy there is a space of 50 cm – 1 meter. The iconostasis of the beginning of ХVІІІ century also was renewed at that time. Two-level stone bell tower built in 1847 was located near the Church. In 30s of ХХ century this bell tower was also demounted like a stone fence around the Church. New bell tower was built in 2005 on the foundation of the old one. The new tower has three bells molded of red copper and stannum alloy. Two bells have the weight of 45 kg each and one – 75 kg.

Picturesque Church.

We were in this temple on Yablochny Spas. The temple is unique, there was a prayer service in honor of the victory over the Swedes, in which Peter I. took part. Initially, the temple was located on the territory of the Poltava fortress and was made of wood. Then, to preserve the temple, a stone church was built around the wooden church. Batiushka knows the history of his church, loves it and tells with inspiration to parishioners and tourists. It's great that there are such enthusiastic people. It was very interesting for us. God bless you.

There the toilet causes unpleasant sensations. And so in general the atmosphere is great.

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