16 Facts About Okhtyrka

Okhtyrka is a city located in Sumy Oblast of Ukraine.

Okhtyrka was first established by former Ruthenians of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth escaping Polonization, moving from the Right-bank Ukraine to Sloboda Ukraine.

Okhtyrka's fort sat on the shore of the small Okhtyrka river where it makes a loop, forming a natural protection.

Okhtyrka Hussars played an important role in the fight against Napoleon during the War of 1812.

Okhtyrka was near the southern flank of the Kursk Bulge, and fighting in the city in the summer of 1943 got extremely fierce.

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Okhtyrka was the first city in Ukraine with a tobacco factory.

Okhtyrka prayed devoutly near the icon but never said anything to anyone else.

Okhtyrka left the water that he used to clean the icon in a vessel, planning to take it to the river the next morning to empty and to wash the vessel.

Okhtyrka heard the voice of Mother of God tell him to return home and keep the water, and that it would heal any who suffered from fever.

Okhtyrka had a daughter who had long experienced fevers so when he awoke, he gave her the water to drink, and his daughter soon recovered.

Icon of Okhtyrka, which is revered as a healer of many diseases, has been copied with blessing of the church in small numbers that were distributed mainly in the south of Russia, in Kharkiv diocese.

Okhtyrka icon is called "Samara" - the main shrine of Samara Nicholas male monastery.

In 1975, the information that the lost Okhtyrka icon was in San Francisco reached the Soviet Union.

On June 15,1999 Okhtyrka held celebrations to mark the 260th anniversary of the phenomenon of the miraculous Okhtyrka icon.

People who live in Okhtyrka have origins in different nationalities with the mainstream culture being predominantly Ukrainian and Russian, which is widely accepted by all.

Okhtyrka is home to the Ukrainian First League team FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.