The Church of St. Mitrofan

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In Bolgrad, the Odessa region is the church of St. Mitrofan. However, local residents refer to this church as "the Inzov Pantheon" or "Inzov's Tomb". Here are buried the remains of General Ivan Nikitich Inzov. He was the guardian of the Bulgarian settlers and advocated the equation of their rights with the German colonists. The general died in 1845 in Odessa, just one year after the end of the church's construction.

The the temple of Saint Mitrofan. However, the locals refer to this church as "the Inzov pantheon" or "Inzov's tomb."

The remains of General Ivan Nikitich Inzov.He was the guardian of the Bulgarian settlers and advocated the equation of their rights with the German colonists. The general died in 1845 in Odessa, just one year after the end of the church's construction. His ashes were brought to the temple by local residents on foot.

The temple was erected on the territory of the cemetery in the 40s of the 19th century in classical style from shell rock, the material most accessible at that time. Church is made in the form of a rotunda and decorated with columns in the Tuscan style, located on the west side. Evenly, along the perimeter of the temple, windows are distributed, and above them - square niches. Separation of walls and a dome is a cornice. The building is topped with a dome with lunettes. You can go up to the temple by the stone steps.

Temple of St. Mitrofan