The Church of the Tithes or Church of the Dormition of the Virgin

Originally it was built by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir the Great between 989 and 996 by Byzantine and local workers at the site of death of martyrs Theodor the Varangian and his son Johann. By Vladimir’s order, the remains of his grandmother Princess Olga, the first Christian ruler of Rus’, were reburied in this church. Vladimir and his wife, Princess Anna, the sister of Byzantine Emperor Basil II, were also buried in the Church of the Tithes.