Church of St. John the Theologian - one of the attractions of the city Mirgorod, Poltava region. It is located in the suburbs Lychanka, street Lychanskaya 33.

At the beginning of the twentieth century. in the city there are four Orthodox community. All the churches were located in the central part of Myrhorod. Since the settlement Lychanka had his temple in 1912, one of its residents, a wealthy tradesman I. Kupenko (Shapar nickname), he decided to fulfill his dream - to found a church, making large donations of money and building materials. The icons for the iconostasis of the church wrote I. Hitko.

October 9, 1912, the feast day of St. John the Evangelist, was laid the first stone of the future church. What is the construction of the temple lasted precisely known, but the first liturgy in the sanctuary novovozvedennoy held next year.

In 1937 the church was closed. Its dome and bell tower were destroyed much earlier, in 1928 and 1929 part of the church was dismantled things people part - burned and dismantled iconostasis. Complete destruction of the shrine could be tested in the 30-ies., If not the collective farm chairman P. Kovalenko, who had the idea to arrange the room of the temple granary. That is what saved the original church building from total destruction during the anti-religious campaign.

During the famine in the church housed an orphanage for children from surrounding villages. Near the shrine opened a memorial sign perished from hunger.

The second life of the Church of St. John the Divine received in 1943, during the German occupation. Then the service was resumed, the locals returned to the icons in the church was redecorated. Since that time, the church is always open for parishioners.

A small but very beautiful wooden church of St. John the Theologian stands on a quiet hill near the river, so the sound of its bells is heard far enough.