{{short description|Historical neighborhood near Kyiv, Ukraine}} {{Infobox park | name = Feofaniia<br/>Teofaniia | other_name = | image = Feofania 01 dgri.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Feofaniia Park, with St. Panteleimon's Convent in the distance. | image_alt = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | map_label = | map_label_position = | relief = | mark = | grid_ref_UK = | grid_ref_Ireland = | coordinates = {{coord|50|20|27|N|30|29|13|E|type:landmark_region:UA|display=title,inline}} | coords_ref = | type = public city park | location = Holosiiv Raion | nearest_city = Kyiv | area = | elevation = | created = 1992 | founder = government | designer = | etymology = bishop Theophanes Shyianov-Cherniavskyi | operator = National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | budget = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | status = Monument of Garden Artistry | awards = | open = | camp_sites = | hiking_trails = | plants = | species = | collections = | free_label = | free_data = {{IUCN banner|III}} | other_info = | website = [https://feofaniya.kiev.ua The Official Site of Feofaniia park] | child = | module = }} thumb|225px|View onto the lower ponds.
'''Feofaniia''' or '''Teofaniia''' ({{langx|uk|Феофáнія, Теофáнія}}; also called '''''Theophania''''') is a park located in the historical neighborhood on a tract near the southern outskirts of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The neighborhood is located in the administrative Holosiiv Raion (district) amidst the neighborhoods of Holosiiv, Teremky, Pyrohiv and Khotiv. The park's total area is about {{convert|1.5|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}. The first Soviet computer, MESM, was built in Feofaniia.
Feofaniia was first mentioned in 1471 as ''Lazorivshchyna'' (Лазорівщина), which at the time belonged to an owner named Khodiki.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://wek.kiev.ua/uk/Феофанія|title=Feofaniya|accessdate=2008-02-13|encyclopedia=Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> The name is said to derive from a monk named Lazar. In the 17th century, the area was referred to as ''Shakhravshchyna'' (Шахравщина).<ref name="kyiv">{{cite book|last=Kudrytskyi|first=A.|title=Kyiv, Encyclopedic Directory|year=1981|publisher=Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia|location=Kyiv|pages=649}}</ref>
The modern name ''Feofaniia'' dates back to 1803 when Theophanes Shyianov-Cherniavskyi settled in the area, set aside for charity purposes. During the 1860s, Feofaniia belonged to the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in central Kyiv. Buildings built in the area were constructed in the Ukrainian Baroque style, however, they did not survive.<ref name="kyiv"/> In 1919, Feofaniia was converted to the Soviet state farm, and later transformed into the main observatory for the Institute of Botany of the Ukrainian Academy of Science.
In 1972, Feofaniia was declared a park, and from 1992 — a government designated park, which belongs to the "Feofaniia" conservatory of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Reconstruction work began on the area in 2004,<ref>{{Cite Ukrainian law|type=Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers|number=654-р|law=654-2004-р|name=Про затвердження ескізного проекту реконструкції та благоустрою парку - пам'ятки садово-паркового мистецтва загальнодержавного значення "Феофанія"|date=2004-09-08}}</ref> which, when finished (projected in 2008) will include new landscaping, water and canal features.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kyiv park "Feofania" plans to finish reconstruction works in 2008 |url=http://www.podrobnosti.ua/technologies/nature/2006/08/15/339868.html |work=podrobnosti.ua |date=August 15, 2006 |accessdate=2008-02-13 |language=Russian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221105112/http://www.podrobnosti.ua/technologies/nature/2006/08/15/339868.html |archivedate=2008-02-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Olga |last=Hryhorenko |title=Feofaniya — the new "Tsar's Village"? |url=http://www.dt.ua/3000/3320/47123/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802045803/http://www.dt.ua/3000/3320/47123/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |work=Mirror Weekly |date=July 17–23, 2004 |accessdate=2008-02-13 |language=Ukrainian }}</ref>
Located near Feofaniia are the St. Panteleimon's Convent,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.feofaniaskit.kiev.ua/ |title=Saint-Panteleimon Women's Monastery in Feofaniya of Kyiv |accessdate=2008-02-13 |work=feofaniaskit.kiev.ua |language=Russian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220080236/http://www.feofaniaskit.kiev.ua/ |archivedate=2008-02-20 }}</ref> the Nikolay Bogolyubov Institute of Theoretical Physics,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bitp.kiev.ua/index.php?lang=en|title=Institute for Theoretical Physics|accessdate=2008-02-13|work=bitp.kiev.ua}}</ref> and the Government Clinical Hospital "Feofaniia".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dus.gov.ua/medicine.phtml?ai=medic2 |title=Clinical Hospital "Feofaniya" of the Government Authority on Health |accessdate=2008-02-13 |work=Government Authority on Health |language=Ukrainian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214120937/http://www.dus.gov.ua/medicine.phtml?ai=medic2 |archivedate=2008-02-14 }}</ref>
==Objects of interests== * St. Panteleimon's Cathedral * Feofaniia Clinic (State Administration of Affairs) * Feofaniia Park (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) * Boholyubov Institute of Theoretical Physics (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) * Main Astronomical Observatory (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) * Khotiv hillfort of Scythian times (6th century BC)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://feofaniya.kiev.ua The Official Site of Feofaniia park]
{{Subdivisions of Kyiv}}
Category:Neighbourhoods in Kyiv Category:Parks in Kyiv Category:Tourist attractions in Kyiv Category:National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Category:Holosiivskyi District