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GPS (LAT, LONG) :  49.6201313653204,
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Church of the Nativity

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Church of the Nativity, Dobriany village, Stryi district
Location:
Dobriany village
Region:
Stryi region
Church type:
Brick church
Build period:
1st half of the 19th century
Architect:
  • Michael Fabry
Iconostasis:
2nd half of the 19th century
Wall painting:
2nd half of the 20th century
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Church of the Nativity, Dobriany village, Stryi district
Abstract:

The brick church of the Nativity in Dobriany was built in 1814 by architect Michael Fabry. The patron of the church was David Abrahamovich. For many years, the parish priest was Fr. A characteristic feature of the one-nave building is the bell tower above the nave. The interior of the church houses an iconostasis of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The icons of the vicarage row depict St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. James the Apostle. The oval forms of the icons of the prophetic row are original. The icons in the nodal section are painted by Anton Manastyrsky. In 1946, the church's rector, Fr. Leonid Shchyrba. The polychrome of the sanctuary was painted in 2013-2014 by Lviv artist, lecturer at the Department of Painting of the Lviv National Academy of Arts, co-founder of the Alimpiy icon painting workshop, Yurii Verbovskyi. The author's seven-candle candlestick in the form of a pysanka was designed by the artists' spouses, Andriy and Maryna Komarnytsky.

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