Illinsky House

St. Elias Church in Kyiv is an important Orthodox church and a national architectural monument in the Podil district. It was built in 1692 near the Dnipro River and, according to the Primary Chronicle, stands on the site of the first wooden church of Kyivan Rus, dating to 945. After a fire in 1718, the building, named for the prophet Elijah, was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style. Later additions, including a portico and a chapel, were built after the great fire of 1811. Today the church belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and is an important historic site in the Ukrainian capital.