Chapel of Panteleimon the Healer

What? - Chapel of Panteleimon the Healer

Description

The temple of the healer and great martyr Panteleimon is located in the park named after I. Kotlyarevsky in Poltava. Earlier in this area there was a city cemetery, where the All Saints Cemetery Church was located and operated. 

All Saints Church was destroyed in Soviet times. In 1999, the construction of the church of St. Panteleimon was started in the same territory by the decision of the city authorities of Poltava. The church was consecrated on September 19, 2000, and the first divine liturgy was held on September 23.

Speciality

The church has a plaque with the names of those buried in the All-Holy Cemetery. Every Poltava resident can enter the name of their ancestors buried there.