The Panteleimon Church is a temple of the former episcopal courtyard and monastery on Romenska Street, in the Sumy neighborhood of Svyshch. It was built in 1911 according to the design of the academician of architecture Oleksii Shchusev for the vicar bishop who was to live in Sumy.
Architecture
The temple is styled after the Pskov-Novgorod churches of the 12th–13th centuries: two-domed, laconic, rectangular in plan, with elongated windows. A two-tier bell tower adjoins it from the west. Nearby stand the two-story episcopal building, which now houses a theological school, and a watchman's lodge.
History
In 1920, the courtyard was occupied by a men's monastery; in the early 1930s, it was closed, although services in the church continued until 1963. In 1980, they wanted to convert the temple into a planetarium, but in 1990 it was returned to the believers. After repairs, the church acquired an almost original appearance.
Nearby
Sumy Regional Museum of Local Lore, Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral — in the center of Sumy.
