Greek-Sophia Church

The appearance of a wooden Church of Holy Wisdom, Saint Sophia, on the island of Chios was recorded in medieval engravings. That wooden church has not survived to the present day. In 1778, a wooden-and-wattle church was built on its site, which a couple of years later was rebuilt into a stone church, named in honor of the Nativity of the Mother of God. This is one of the oldest church buildings in Kherson, built in the basilica style. Until 1808, services were held here in Greek, and after an economic crisis the church passed to the Orthodox parish and became an Orthodox church.

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The modern Greek-Sophia Church is a monument of architecture that once impressed Suvorov, Potemkin and Ushakov. It inspired O. Berezhnyi to create the collection Kherson Watercolors, where it is depicted in one of the works presented. The church still preserves a five-tier walnut iconostasis, altar crosses from the 19th century, and icons of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Transfiguration of Christ from the 18th century. For these old items alone, it is worth visiting Kherson and the Greek-Sophia Church.