The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Ukrainian Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary ) is a wooden church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the village of Matkov , built in 1838. Monument of Boykiv architecture and monumental art. June 21, 2013 at the 37th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee , held in Cambodia , the Church of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin, together with other wooden churches of the Carpathian region , was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List . [1] [2]
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Description
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Cathedral was built in 1838. They built the temple of the master Ivan Melnikovich and Vasily Ivanikovich. [3] The church is located on a low hill in the central part of the village, at a distance of 250 m from the highway, in the valley of the Stry river.
The church is three-domed, three-tier, refers to the temples of the Boykovsky type. Square log cabins are located along the west-east axis. On both sides of the altar adjoin small rectangular sacristy. The main volumes complete with an eight-sided top, above the nave with five ledges, above the altar and the vestibule - with four ledges, which are crowned with eights with domes and crosses. The church is girded by a porch that rests on step-down performances of log cabins. The church gallery has a clear rectangular shape and a large ledge, under which lies the bottom of the church. [3] [4]
To the south-west of the church there is a wooden, three-tier, square-shaped bell tower, with a balcony on the second tier facing the small square in front of the southern facade of the church. Covered with a tent roof with a grate gallery above it. The bell tower was built in 1924 by master Mikhail Veklich. [3]
On June 14, 2010, lightning struck the church and a fire occurred, but the automatic fire extinguishing system saved the monument from destruction. [five]
Notes
- ↑ Trees of the Church of the Carpathians have contributed to the List of UNESCO World Heritage List
- ↑ Carpathian churches have become a decade of UNESCO // Українська Pravda / Іstorichna truth. - Nedіlya, 23 June 2013
- ↑ 1 2 3 Yurchenko P. G. Derevian architecture of Ukraine. - K .: 1970 p., P. 161.
- ↑ Mats. Church of St. Dmitra 1838
- ↑ At Turkіvsky district_ in Lvivshchyna, a bliskavka rang a church near a tree
Literature
- Our Lady of the Church 1838 р. (de.) i dzvіnitsya 19 of Art. (derev.). Pam'yatniki arhіtekturi URSR, uto perebvuyv pіd power Ohoron: list. - K .: Derzhbudvidav, 1956 p., P. 28
- Church of Our Lady of God 1838 r. (derev.) [Postanova For the sake of ministers of the URSR "About the order of the region and protect the monument of the architecture on the territory of the Ukrainian Republican RSR" No. 970 of August 24, 1963.