The book provides a brief overview of the history of the Church of the Tithes. Thanks to a thorough analysis of written sources and archaeological finds (most of which are stored in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine), the prerequisites for the foundation of the church and its influence on the formation of the urban landscape of Kyiv are explained. The role of Tithes in princely and interfaith ideologies is also described. The author takes into account the influence of intercultural contacts of Russia with Byzantium, Northern and Western Europe on the prehistory and history of the church.