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KYIV DESTINATIONS: National History Museum, Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greek Restaurants
Ukraine was once a part of Greece. The Ukrainian port of Odessa on the Black Sea was originally the Greek town of Odysseus. Other Greek ruins can be found across the Black Sea Coast. The Greeks have been in Ukraine for 2,600 years. Today there are just shy of 100,000 of them still here. They now are to be found in the east and south of the country, near the cities of and Mariupol. Many also used to live in Donetsk, at the centre of the conflict zone. The Greeks settled on the Black Sea and formed trading colonies in the 6th century BC. Examples of their settlements can be found in the National Museum of Ukraine. http://nmiu.com.ua
But Ukrainians also share a religious link through the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. This faith was established in the 16th century to unify the Catholic and Orthodox faiths, who had not been talking to each other for 500 years by that time.
The modern cathedral opposite the Eurovision venue is one example of a Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church. http://kyivsobor.ugcc.org.ua The church is brand new because the religion was banned after the second world war making it the single largest banned religious community in the world. The religion was only restored in 1987.
There are two Greek restaurants in the centre of town. One close to Ploshcha Lva Tolstovo metro is Arm Greek http://armgreek.com.ua on Symona Petlyury St 12, Kyiv 01032. Tel 044 235 1433. The other is called Zorba on 19 Shota Rustaveli St, Kyiv http://feelslikegreece.com/item/zorba-greek-restaurant-kiev Tel: 067 777 0472.
The Greek embassy: http://www.mfa.gr/missionsabroad/en/contact/ukraine/ukraine.html
Address: 10, Dobrovolchykh Batalionov St, Kyiv 01901
Tel: +380 44 254 5471
Where's your favourite Greek spot in Kyiv?
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EUROVISION COUNRTY: GreeceKYIV DESTINATIONS: National History Museum, Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greek Restaurants
Ukraine was once a part of Greece. The Ukrainian port of Odessa on the Black Sea was originally the Greek town of Odysseus. Other Greek ruins can be found across the Black Sea Coast. The Greeks have been in Ukraine for 2,600 years. Today there are just shy of 100,000 of them still here. They now are to be found in the east and south of the country, near the cities of and Mariupol. Many also used to live in Donetsk, at the centre of the conflict zone. The Greeks settled on the Black Sea and formed trading colonies in the 6th century BC. Examples of their settlements can be found in the National Museum of Ukraine. http://nmiu.com.ua
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| Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral and the Eurovision venue |
The modern cathedral opposite the Eurovision venue is one example of a Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church. http://kyivsobor.ugcc.org.ua The church is brand new because the religion was banned after the second world war making it the single largest banned religious community in the world. The religion was only restored in 1987.
There are two Greek restaurants in the centre of town. One close to Ploshcha Lva Tolstovo metro is Arm Greek http://armgreek.com.ua on Symona Petlyury St 12, Kyiv 01032. Tel 044 235 1433. The other is called Zorba on 19 Shota Rustaveli St, Kyiv http://feelslikegreece.com/item/zorba-greek-restaurant-kiev Tel: 067 777 0472.
The Greek embassy: http://www.mfa.gr/missionsabroad/en/contact/ukraine/ukraine.html
Address: 10, Dobrovolchykh Batalionov St, Kyiv 01901
Tel: +380 44 254 5471
Where's your favourite Greek spot in Kyiv?
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