Attractions of Odesa region

The Saint Nicholas Church in Vylkove is called "Ukrainian".

The Orthodox church of the new rite was founded here in 1818 and 7 years later it was consecrated in the name of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. Although, according to legend, the first wooden temple was built in Vylkove by Zaporizhzhian Cossacks who moved here at the end of the 18th century.

In 1902, a new stone church was built at the expense of the parishioners on the site of the wooden church. Baroque and modern ideas are intertwined in its architecture. The iconostasis was created under the influence of the works of Master Faberge. The church keeps relics brought by the people of Vylkove from different countries.

The unique semi-underground Saint Nicholas Church in Kiliia was founded in 1485, at the beginning of the period of Turkish rule on the Danube.

The Turks did not forbid the Orthodox to build churches, but they demanded that Orthodox churches not exceed the height of a mosque (according to another version, a janissary on a horse). In order for the building to retain its functionality, the builders had to sink it into the ground by more than 2 meters.

The Saint Nicholas Church acquired its current appearance in 1891, when a high bell tower was added to it.

Saint Nicholas Church in Kulevcha was founded at the end of the 19th century by Bulgarian immigrants.

In recent years, the temple has become an object of mass pilgrimage thanks to several miraculous icons. The Kazan icon of the Mother of God is called the "Kulevcha miracle". On Easter, it is decorated with fresh lilies, which, after drying, soon sprout again and bloom on the Trinity, framing the image of the Mother of God.

In addition, there are 4 myrrh-flowing icons in the Saint Nicholas Church: the Iver icon of the Mother of God, the Kasperiv icon of the Mother of God, the Calvary Cross, the icon of Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia.

Saint Nicholas Church was built in Berezivka at the end of the 19th century. During Soviet times, the church was closed, the premises were used as a school gymnasium.

The revival of the Saint Nicholas Church in Berezivka began in 1993, after Ukraine gained independence.

Saint Nicholas Church (or "Red Church") was founded in Biliaivka in 1887. It was consecrated in 1900 in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker.

The church is built of white stone and red brick, which is why it was called the "Red Church" among the people.

In 1937, the Soviet authorities tried to dismantle the building, but the Biliaivka residents defended the church and prevented its destruction. Currently, the church is undergoing repair and restoration work.

Saint Nicholas Church is a monument of local architectural significance. It is used by the Odesa Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Saint Panteleymon monastery is the largest in Odesa. It was created in 1995 on the site of the Athos courtyard, which was founded in Odesa by Greek monks from Athos in 1876 to receive pilgrims who came from Odesa to worship holy places.

Built from stone mined on Mount Athos and brought to Odesa. The five domes of the Saint Panteleymon monastery, unusual moldings and mosaics on the walls reflect a mixture of various architectural movements of the 19th century.

The Saint Panteleymon Cathedral is located on the third floor, representing the holy Mount Athos.

The Old Believer Church of the Reverend Paraskeva of Serbia in Myrne was built in 1874 instead of the old chapel of the Holy Intercession of the Mother of God.

In 1898, the church was extended and enlarged without proper permission, as a result of which the church trustees were sentenced to a fine, which was commuted to arrest.

In 1909, an iron fence was built.

Saint Paul's Church in Odesa is the cathedral of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine, the main Protestant church of the city.

In 1824, the foundation of the church was laid according to the project of the architect Franchesko Boffo. The project turned out to be unsuccessful - the half-completed belfry and 10 columns on the front side soon fell. To complete the construction, other architects were involved, and in 1827 Saint Paul's Church was consecrated. It looked quite simple then, in a strict classical style, with a small tower above the altar part.

After the major reconstruction carried out in 1897 by the German architect Herman Shevrembrandt, the architecture and interior decoration changed a lot. Shevrembrandt gave the church features of the Gothic and Romanesque styles, based on the example of German churches. The 50-meter bell tower became the tallest building in Odesa at that time.

After the Second World War, Saint Paul's Church was used for decades as a sports hall and warehouse. In the 1990s, it was returned to the city's Lutheran community and restored.

The Greek Catholic Church of Saint Severyn was built in Severynivka in 1800-1801 at the expense of a representative of the famous Polish dynasty, the actual privy councilor of Severyn Potocki, to whom the village belonged.

In 1801, the church was consecrated by Bishop Mykhaylo Serakovsky. It was the first Polish church in the entire south of Ukraine.

In Soviet times, the church was used as a warehouse, and now the building has turned into ruins.

The Church of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsars Kostyantyn and Olena was built in the village of Katlabuh in 1888. It is an architectural monument of local importance.

The temple is made according to a typical diocesan project in the neo-Rus style.

The interior of the church has preserved interior paintings and an iconostasis.

The Church of Saints Kostyantyn and Olena in Katlabug belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Sarata Historical and Local History Museum dates back to the 1922 exhibition of ancient artifacts dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Sarata colony. In the same year, the first public museum opened its doors, which existed at the expense of voluntary contributions from the founding members of the museum association. For eight years, the museum was located in the house of the chairman of the Vahner Museum Association, and since 1930 - in the famous Verner School. In 1940 of the last century, the German population was forced to leave their homes and leave for Europe, taking with them part of the exhibits.

Only in 1955, on the initiative of the then director of the Sarata comprehensive school, a museum room was organized. In 1969, a historical and local history museum was opened, which was located at the district department of culture.

The current Sarata Historical and Local Lore Museum was opened in 1990. The museum's exhibition area is 130 square meters. The museum exposition is divided into six sections, each of which shows the life of the village in different years: "Traces of the Great Cultures of Bessarabia. Socio-Economic Development in the 19th Century", "Foundation of Sarata. Its Development from 1822 to 1940", "Romanian Period (1918-1940)", "World War II (1939-1945)", "Post-war Period", "Modern Period".

Dishes, clothing, household items, tools, furniture, towels - each exhibit has a separate long-standing history. There are a lot of documents and photographs that clearly tell about the life of the village in the 20th century.

A new separate section is dedicated to the events of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian War.

The Transfiguration Cathedral is the main Orthodox church of Odesa, rebuilt from scratch in 2002 after it was blown up in 1936 by the decision of the Soviet authorities.

Contemporaries were impressed by the magnificence of the interior of the temple. After the reconstruction in 1903, the Transfiguration Cathedral was one of the largest churches in the Russian Empire and could accommodate up to 9,000 people. Its dimensions in plan were 90 by 45 meters, and the height of the belfry was 72 meters.

In 2005, the remains of the governor-general of the Novorossiya region Prince Mykhaylo Vorontsov and his wife were reburied in the restored church.

On the night of July 23, 2023, Russia launched a massive missile attack on the historic center of Odesa, as a result of which the Savior and Transfiguration Cathedral suffered significant destruction. A Russian rocket hit the central altar, as a result of which the cathedral building was partially destroyed, the three lower floors were covered, the interior decoration and icons were significantly damaged, and the service premises of the lower part of the Transfiguration Cathedral were completely destroyed.

The Historical and Local Lore Museum was established in the village of Savran in 1964. A room in the House of Culture with an area of ​​60 square meters was allocated for the institution. For a long time, the museum operated on a non-profit basis.

The museum's exhibits were photo-documentary materials donated by the Odesa State Historical and Local Lore Museum, as well as materials and objects collected by residents of Savran and surrounding villages.

In the late 1990s, the museum went through difficult times - for some time it was closed, and the exhibition suffered irreversible losses.

The museum resumed its work in 2004. The main collection consisted of 320 items. Since 2013, the museum's exhibition has been moved to the premises of the Savran comprehensive school.

Currently, the museum's exhibition consists of three thematic sections. The first section is "My Ukraine - an independent state", which houses the expositions "Heavenly Hundred", "Glory to the Defenders of Ukraine", "Chornobyl - a catastrophe forever", "Heroes do not die" and "History of the Ukrainian army".

The second section is dedicated to the events of World War II and the war in Afghanistan.

The ethnographic section includes expositions about the history of the region, about prominent people of Savran region, as well as expositions of folk crafts - "Pottery in Ukraine", "Our amulets", "Ukrainian clothes", "Mother's scarf", "Prayer for Ukraine". Here you can familiarize yourself with the collections "Christmas tree decorations", "Money paper signs, coins", learn the history of the creation of the Savran music and drama theater, the history of Savran and the villages of the community, as well as touch archaeological finds.

A stone tomb from Scythian times is called a Scythian Grave in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. The crypt was discovered in 1895.

It was a two-chamber structure on the rock, it was made of large (up to 3 meters long, up to 0.6-0.7 meters thick) limestone slabs. Plundered in ancient times. Inside there is an ornament in the form of a wood pattern. There is an assumption that an underground passage from the Akkerman Fortress was laid to the Scythian grave.

The ancient monument is located in the industrial zone near the seaport and the meat processing plant - access is difficult, but not prohibited.

The Semysotka Smart Village Museum is a "living" Bessarabian village that combines the features of an open-air museum, an eco-settlement with permanent residents, and a rural green tourism complex. Since 2011, a smart village has been created in the middle of the Tarutynskyi steppe in northern Bessarabia on the basis of the Semysotka village, which by that time had almost disappeared.

Old rural estates have been renovated while preserving their national color and identity, decorated with patterns, painted with paintings on household themes. All houses are equipped with solar panels and have independent water supply. People live in some estates permanently, others can be rented.

Along the paved central road, you can see an exhibition of wells of various designs in the open air. The ethnographic exhibition presents objects of folk crafts, tools, antique furniture, blankets, dishes and much more. In one of the courtyards, a vine grows, which is already over 150 years old. A museum of famous people of the Budzhak steppes is being prepared for opening.

Visitors are treated to placindas - Bessarabian pies made of puff pastry with a filling of feta cheese.

The Semisotka Smart Village Museum is part of the Center for Ethnographic, Rural Green Tourism and Family Recreation "Frumushika-Nova", located 2 kilometers south of the village.