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Pictures of Chernihiv: Ukraine's Most Ancient Churches

Chernihiv is one of the oldest towns in Ukraine and is home to some of Ukraine's most ancient churches (tied with Kiev's Sofia cathedral). Chernihiv is a pleasant small town with stately buildings from the Russian Imperial period and, of course, the much more ancient Orthodox churches. Chernihiv is only a two-hour drive north from Kiev, and minibuses leave a few times each hour from outside Lisova metro station. There's plenty to do and see for an entire day or even two days.

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Central square of Chernihiv	Church of St. Catherine, built in 1710	Side view of the church	Collegium, built in the 18th century
Side wall of the collegium	Students of the collegium studied theology and the humanities.	Borisoglebsky church, built in the XII century	Spaso-preobrazhensky church, built in 1037. This, along with Sofia church in Kyiv, is the oldest Orthodox church in all of Ukraine and Russia.
Spaso-preobrazhensky church from behind	Interior of Spaso-preobrazhensky church	Icons and candles are a fixture of all Orthodox churches.	More of the interior
Church interior	Church interior	Church interior	Church interior
Pyatnytska church, built in the 12th century	Front wall of the church	Looking up at the interior of Pyatnytska church	Uspensky church at Yeletsky women's monastery was built in the XII century.
Entrance to women's monastery	There are quite a few old wooden houses like this in Chernihiv.	Troitskyy monastery, completed in 1695	Monastery tower
View from the tower	View from the tower	View from the tower	People who have been healed or helped by the icon often hang jewelry on it.

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