Sts Volodymyr & Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church

This huge, golden-domed, Ukrainian Catholic church has been a local landmark since its construction in 1973. The church was built during a brief neighborhood schism over a move to use the Gregorian instead of the Julian calendar. How to upstage a church modeled after Kyiv's St Sophia's? Build one modeled after Istanbul's Hagia Sophia! It is well worth a visit to marvel at the magnificent interior and iconostasis. Even if you come by when it's closed, you can appreciate at the mosaic over the entrance depicting the Baptism of the Rus' by the parish's namesake saints. Most masses in Ukrainian.

Address

2247 W Chicago Ave

Getting there

66 Chicago or 49 Western bus

Website

stsvo.org (opens in a new tab)