Everything about The Church Of The Tithes totally explained
The
Church of the Tithes or
Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (; ) was the first stone
church in
Kiev. It was built by the order of
Grand Prince Vladimir (Volodymyr) the Great between
989 and
996 by
Byzantine and local workers to commemorate the
Baptism of Kievan Rus' and was originally named the
"Church of Our Lady", in honor of the
Dormition of the Theotokos. Vladimir set aside a
tithe of his income to finance the church construction, which gave the church its popular name.
History
By Vladimir's order, the remains of his grandmother
Princess Olga, the first Christian ruler of
Rus', were reburied in this church. Vladimir and his wife,
Princess Anna, the sister of
Byzantine Emperor Basil II, were also buried in the Church of the Tithes.
The church was used by Kievans as the last refuge while the city was being
ravaged by the hordes of
Batu Khan in
1240, when it finally collapsed from fire.
Chernihiv's Saviour Cathedral (1036) is an extant structure supposed to reproduce the dimensions and exterior appearance of the original Church of the Tithes.
In the
1630s the wooden church of
St. Nicholas was erected on the site by initiative of Kiev
metropolitan Peter Mogila (Mohyla). Between
1828 and
1842, by the order of the
Russian administration, a new stone Church of the Tithes was built to a design by
Vasily Stasov, completely different from its original style. In
1935 the church was destroyed by the
Soviet authorities.
Reconstruction
A controversial plan to rebuild the church is currently under active consideration in Kiev. Proponents of reconstruction point out the historical and political importance of rebuilding a church of unchallenged significance in the history of all
East Slavic people. Opponents refer to the lack of any documentary descriptions or depictions of the original church, and that
excavations were unable to determine even the layout of its foundation. Besides, the monumental building of the new church are likely to be in disharmony with the delicate
18th-century St. Andrew's Church, one of the most famous landmarks of Kiev, located adjacent to the original location of the destroyed Church of the Tithes. Its reconstruction would also require the destruction of the city's oldest tree, a 370-year old
linden.
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