Remains of Desiatynna Church
The Church of the Tithes or Church of the Dormition of the Virgin was the first stone church in Kyiv. Originally it was built by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir the Great between 989 and 996 by Byzantine and local workers at the site of death of martyrs Theodor the Varangian and his son Johann.
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: church in Kyiv
- Also known as: “Church of the Dormition of the Virgin” and “Church of the Tithes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum of History of Ukraine and Saint Andrew’s Church.
National Museum of History of Ukraine
Museum
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine illustrates Ukraine's history from ancient times to the present. It is one of the leading museums in Ukraine. National Museum of History of Ukraine is situated 110 metres northwest of Remains of Desiatynna Church.
Saint Andrew’s Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kyiv Kremlin and Honchari-Kozhumiaky.
Old Kyiv
Quarter
Old Kyiv is a historical neighborhood of Kyiv. Other names include Upper City, Old Town, and others. It is located at the far eastern portion of the Shevchenkivskyi District.
Remains of Desiatynna Church
Latitude
50.45784° or 50° 27′ 28″ north
Longitude
30.51747° or 30° 31′ 3″ east
Open location code
9G2GFG58+4X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Remains of Desiatynna Church” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kerk van die Tiendes”
- Arabic: “كنيسة العشور”
- Asturian: “ilesia de los Diezmos”
- Azerbaijani: “Ondabirlər kilsəsi”
- Belarusian: “Дзесяцінная царква”
- Belarusian: “Усьпенская царква”
- Bulgarian: “Десятъчна църква”
- Catalan: “Església dels Delmes”
- Chinese: “什一教堂”
- Czech: “Desátkový chrám”
- Czech: “Uspenský chrám”
- Danish: “Tiendenes Kirke”
- Dutch: “Church of the Tithes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه العشور”
- Erzya: “Десятинань церкува”
- Estonian: “Kümnise kirik”
- French: “église de la Dîme”
- French: “Église de la Dîme”
- German: “Zehntkirche”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία της Δεκάτης”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία της Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית המעשרים”
- Italian: “Chiesa della Dormizione della Vergine di Kiev”
- Italian: “Chiesa della Dormizione della Vergine”
- Italian: “chiesa delle Decime”
- Italian: “Chiesa delle Decime”
- Japanese: “什一聖堂”
- Macedonian: “Десеточна црква”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tiendenes kirke”
- Polish: “Cerkiew Dziesięcinna w Kijowie”
- Portuguese: “Igreja da Natividade da Mãe de Deus”
- Portuguese: “Igreja dos Dízimos”
- Romanian: “Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului”
- Romanian: “Biserica Zeciuielii”
- Russian: “Десятинная церковь”
- Slovenian: “cerkev Deseterice”
- Spanish: “iglesia de los Diezmos”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de los Diezmos”
- Swedish: “Tiondekyrkan”
- Telugu: “చర్చ్ ఆఫ్ ది టైటస్”
- Ukrainian: “Десятинна церква в Києві”
- Ukrainian: “Десятинна церква”
- Ukrainian: “Десятинної церкви”
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