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Greek church St. John the Baptist in the Belgorod-Dniester stands on the high bank of the Dnestr estuary. The original wooden church was founded in the XIII-XIV centuries. Greek merchants of Trebizond. In its current form the church rebuilt in 1478-80 years., In the Moldavian period, during the reign of Stefan III the Great. Funds for the construction of the Greek community of the city gathered. According to legend, in the territory of the Greek church in the XIV century. He was buried in St John (New) Suceava -. martyr, which is considered the guardian of Moldova. Burial place notes chapel to the right of the church. Later, the relics of St. perezahoronile in Suceava on the present territory of Romania. Despite its modest size, St. John the Baptist church looks very massive and is a rare type of worship in the architectural heritage of Ukraine.