Constantine and Helen Church - Orthodox church, which is one of the main religious and architectural sights of the city of Chisinau. The church was built back in 1777 on a hill on the bank of the river Bic. Funds for the construction of the church donated a rich tradesman Constantine Ryshkany.

Initially, the church was in a small village, Riscani and was called Church of the Resurrection of the Lord. In the first half of the XVIII century. the village was referred to the Orhei county. In 1834, Yegor Ryshkany decided to rename the church in honor of his father - Constantine. Since then, the temple began to wear its present name - the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen. In the XIX century. Temple was considered the cemetery of the village church Visterniceni.

The building of the church was made in the old Moldavian architectural style. On the left side of the center part you can see a small semi-circular extension. The top of the church is decorated with a square cupola, above which stands a cross.

Near the church of Constantine and Helena once it was quite a large cemetery. Today, on his left virtually nothing. Tombstones of famous personalities have been moved from the cemetery and reburied near the building of the temple. There remained a large number of tombstones dating from the nineteenth century., Among which there are valuable specimens of Moldovan stone-cutting skills. At the cemetery he was buried family Krupensky, Rally, Katsiki and Donici, with whom he was intimately acquainted AS Pushkin.

In Soviet times, the church was operating. After gaining independence, the Republic of Moldova in the church installed a wooden iconostasis, the author of which was the famous artist and filmmaker R. Vieru. A few years later the temple Constantine and Helen was renovated, resulting in a new porch was built and changed the shape of the roof.

Today the Church of Constantine and Helen is an active temple, which is annually visited by a huge number of worshipers and tourists.