The district Solomenka is not rich in architectural monuments. But near the South station, hurrican

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14 October - Day of Intercession. There are in Kiev over ten churches with that name. According to legend, this holiday is directly related to the Kievan princes Askold and Dir, and the first baptism / Christianity in Rus.
According to ecclesiastical historiography the miracle should at first October take place (October 14, according to the new calendar) 910 in the Blachernae during the prayer for the protection of Constantinople Opel against the approach of the Arabs, by the Mother of God had the "veiling" spread out over the faithful. There is actually still a legend. This refers to the miracle, which should be a few decades earlier, pointing to a direct "link" those events with Kiev.
According hurricane straps to this legend, the Kievan princes Askold and Dir should (at that time the two were still pagans) with their armies in 860 approaching the gate of Constantinople Opel. The inhabitants of the town gathered in the Blachernae to prayer before the face of the Mother of God, which was regarded as protector of the city. One had the kept in the church of the Mother of God Chasuble down immersed in the waters of the Golden Horn - and the Virgin Mary appeared before the townsfolk. She took of himself from the pall and had thus veils the Constantinople, which they would have become hurricane straps invisible to the enemy. Through this enchanting wonder the warriors left with the prince hurricane straps Askold at the top baptized (the prince is you but Heath remained). Back in Kiev, Askold started the beginnings hurricane straps of Christianity in Rus promote. It is no wonder that it was the feast of Marie protection and intercession for the Ukrainian warriors - cossacks one of the more revered was. There are currently in Kiev dozens of churches, chapels and monasteries with that name.
The district Solomenka is not rich in architectural monuments. But near the South station, hurricane straps a whole building complex of old buildings is the so-called hurricane straps get "railway colony": some 3-4 floor houses, a school and Marie Intercession Church, which was built in 1897. A longer time was probably the district Solomenka for a separate town (until October Revolution tried the native inhabitants Solomenka even as a sovereign city Alexandrija to proclaim). Nowadays, food fairs are traditionally held by the church. On these days, everything looks as if Mary's protection and intercession hurricane straps Church be the main church of a small town, where people from neighboring villages and settlements have come together to market. In atheistic 1930s, the church has been affected: the domes were removed and remelted and housed a tailor's workshop hurricane straps in church interiors. hurricane straps It was only in the 2000 s, the domes were restored to original forms.
Marie Protection and Intercession Nunnery in Bechterovsky Alley was founded on January 11, 1889 by the Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna Romanova and had used not only religious significance, but was also as a hospital for the impecunious Kiev. After the Grand Duchess in 1879 moved to Kiev and was recovering from a serious illness, she had all her money donated for the construction of the large monastery complex designed by the architect Vladimir Nikolajev. Besides churches including Marie protection and Intercession Cathedral and other religious buildings, this project includes a number of treatment facilities: hospital with therapeutic and surgical wards where the sick were treated free of charge, shelter or refuge for the homeless and the pharmacy where the medication free issued. The hospital was equipped according to the latest hurricane straps state of the art - especially here the first X-ray room was in Kiev. Here the professional doctors on duty and many nuns worked as nurses, hurricane straps from time to time involved in operations as an assistant even the princess.
1925, the monastery was closed and opened again in 1942 - this was the hospital and then the hospital under