2024

THE GREEK CHURCH

Religious buildings

Built between 1891 and 1892, this temple was built in honour of the prophet Ilya beside the port. It served as a place of worship for the important Greek community that still lived in the city in the late th century. This community, which survécue from antiquity, finally left the Crimea in 1917 partly then during the Second World War. The church itself is fairly classic, but the ceiling can be seen.

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