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Church of the Holy Spirit

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Church of the Holy Spirit, Potelych village, Lviv region
Location:
Potelych village
Region:
Lviv region
Church type:
Wooden church
Build period:
16th century
Architect:
  • unknown
Iconostasis:
17th century
Wall painting:
17th century
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Церква збудована у 1502 р. уважається найдавнішою збереженою дерев’яною церквою України. У плані тридільна, двоверха. В інтер’єрі – розписи 1620–1640-х рр. та ікони 17–19 ст. Церква включена до списку світової спадщини «Юнеско».
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The wooden Church of the Holy Spirit (originally St. Borys and St. Hlib) in Potelych is one of the masterpieces of Ukrainian sacred art. The church was built in 1502 (according to some sources, 1555) and is the oldest wooden church in Ukraine. The founder of the church was a local pottery shop. The church is harmonious in architecture, three-dimensional, two-story, covered with shingles. The church's decoration is its mural paintings of the 1620s and 1640s, which can be seen in the nave and the Babynets. The mural is one of the oldest preserved in the wooden churches of Ukraine. The mural compositions are distinguished by their unique arrangement and emphasis on individual scenes and images: Our Lady of the Caves, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, and the Lamentation of Christ. The interior of the church is decorated with icons of the 17th-19th centuries. In the altar space there is an iconostasis of the 17th century. The upper tiers of the iconostasis are painted on the eastern wall of the nave (redrawn in the 19th century).
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