Kyiv's St. Andrew's Church resumes services after repairs

 December 14, 2020 (UNIAN) First service at St. Andrew’s Church in Kyiv after 11 years of restoration. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France along with the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Ukraine, Bishop Michael of Komana and Bishop Chernigiv and Nizin Efstratios officiated the first service.

St. Andrew's Church is a major Baroque church located in the capital of Ukraine. The church was constructed between 1747 and 1754, by the design of the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. The church is part of the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" as a landmark of cultural heritage. The church has no bells, as according to legend, their noise would cause flooding of the left part of the city. St Andrew's Church overlooks the historic Podil neighborhood, situated on a steep hill to which the church gave its current name - Andriyivska Hill. As the church sits atop a hill, foundation problems have been one of the main concerns of preservationists. More recently, the foundation below the church has started to shift, causing some concerns that the church's foundation might collapse.