On July 19, Rashists shot at the oldest temple of Kherson.
Igor Tsurkan, Executive Director of the Kherson Social Workers League, announced the consequences of shelling by publishing a photograph at the scene.
Personnel show that the windows, the burned walls and the destroyed roof of the building located in the church are destroyed.
According to the regional scientific library of Kherson, named after Oles Honchar, the Church of the Greeks-Sophia is one of the oldest cult buildings of Kherson.
It is reported that at the end of the eighteenth century the Greeks who lived in the Crimea turned to Catherine II to take them to their nationality. They were allowed to move to the modern territory of Ukraine, where they were founded in Maripul.
Some of the Greeks who settled in Kherson took an active part in the construction and landscaping of the city. The format merchant, the central district of Kherson, was also called Greek, there were Greek merchants. In 1780, the Greek Church was built and consecrated – a monument of architecture of the 18th century.
Initially, the temple was wooden, and later it was replaced by a stone building. The historical iconostase made of black wood, created by Greek masters, lived to this day, but now he was threatened.
Russian troops continue to shoot daily, causing blows to residential premises, social infrastructure and private transport. At dawn on July 20, one of the goals of the enemy was the village of Zimivnik, where civilians were injured, including a child.
Source: Racurs
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