St. Nicholas Church, clay
Church of St. Nicholas is located in the village Hlynyany that in Lviv region.
The history of the church
Masonry built this sanctuary in 1894. It is known that the painting in the church did the famous painter of Severin Borachek in 1932-1934 years. His painting style is easily recognizable as the author of the classic iconography easily combined with modern elements.
For the decoration of the church Severin Borachek chose not established Bible stories and decorated them with flowers. Artist paint prepared with natural ingredients - eggs and milk. Surely the Church of St. Nicholas boasts integral Boracheka work, because in other churches he painted, the remaining fragments left his painting.
In 1962 the church was closed. Next was the district committee of the party, workers who did not like that near the church of St. Nicholas conducted the service. Older people remember how in a closed church carved icons. Later in the temple premises diluted inward. There was a proposal to make the church gym and cinema, but the community opposed such an initiative. In order to structure is not empty, then arranged composition.
January 30, 1989 Glinyanskaya Church of St. Nicholas for the first time in many years, opened its doors to parishioners. However, before this liturgy was held, local residents had to not only make piles of garbage from the premises, but even uproot bushes.
What to see in church
Today, the church held regular worship, restore destroyed frescoes. The church is known for the image of "Marriage at Cana", which is called an icon Family. It regularly spouses come to pray for his family.
In Glyniany wedding chamber covered with carpet. Once the village was the capital Hlynyany carpet.
If you will visit the clay, suggest you pay a visit to the wooden church of the Assumption . There is a miraculous icon of the Crucifixion of Christ, which has updated supernatural way on Christmas Eve 1936.
How to get there
By Clay of the city can be reached by bus (AS number 6 on the street Lychakivska). Go far - about 40 kilometers. If you are traveling by train, you will reach the railway habitats Red , and then an earthen go by bus (about 10 kilometers).
Church of St. Nicholas is located in central St. Nicholas Street.
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