Resurrection Cathedral, Sumy
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Sumy's first stone church, raised by Cossack colonels in 1702.
The Resurrection Church — the first stone building in Sumy — was begun in the late 1690s under Colonel Herasym Kondratiev and completed by his son Andrii; the church was consecrated on 23 October 1702. It has two storeys: below is the heated church of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called, above that of the Resurrection of Christ, and thick walls with embrasure windows made it possible to defend the building. According to the city council website, in 1791 the church burned down completely and was rebuilt in the early 19th century (according to “Tsukor”, the fire destroyed the shingle roof). The Soviet authorities tried more than once to demolish the church (in 1966 yet another such decision was adopted), but later it was given to the art museum; in 1978 the church was restored, and in 1996 it was handed over to the Church (according to RISU, in 1991). Today it is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. On 11 September 2025, during the liturgy, a russian drone hit the doors of the cathedral; no one was hurt.
A working OCU cathedral, the oldest stone building in Sumy; on 11.09.2025 it was hit by a drone, and services are held on the ground floor (Suspilne Sumy, 11.09.2025). The city centre is under strikes with guided aerial bombs — on 26.09.2026 2 people were killed and at least 23 injured (ZAXID.NET, 26.09.2026). The alarm means shelter, no exceptions.