Catherine Church, Zdolbunov
With 70 years of the 19th century Zdolbunov rapidly began to develop. In the village established a junction railway station, the population is growing, and its own church in Zdolbunov not. So, from August 1894 begins the story of Catherine Church.
Catherine church history
Once Archbishop Volyn and Zhytomyr Modeste went from Zhitomir to Pochayiv Monastery . The road ran through his Zdolbuniv. The Archbishop was surprised that such a fairly large town is still no church (then zdolbunivtsi were parishioners of the church in the village Zdovbytsya ).
April 18, 1892 the station installed a mug with an icon, which collected donations for the future temple. Overall donated 14,500 rubles, the railway administration also allocated 7,500 rubles.
August 28, 1894 was laying church, consecrated in honor of Catherine. For two years in Zdolbunov has a new wooden church Catherine. Unfortunately, the church stood for only 14 years. Catherine Church burned for unexplained reasons, March 17, 1910.
Almost immediately after the fire begin to build a new church, which in 1914 and dedicated in honor of Catherine. It was built 4 years.
Originally the church looked somewhat different. It was semykupolnoyu, located around a large dome 4 small domes. They dismantled in the 40`s of last century due to lack of money for repairs. Up to 50 years in the basement of the church was located warmth Church of St. George. In communist times it was closed. Also, the appearance influenced the war years: aircraft bombs that were sent to the railway station, damaged the bell tower.
Since Catherine Church in Zdolbunov located directly next to railway tracks, locomotives constantly with soot settled on the temple walls. Therefore, in the years 1980-1981 the church for the first time since being painted out.
How to get to Catherine`s Church
By Zdolbuniv as easy access by car and train. It stopped trains and trains from Kyiv , Lviv , Uzhgorod , Kharkov , Odessa , Kovel , Minsk and Sarny . Distance from the Rivne - only 15 kilometers.
Catherine Church is practically around the corner from the train station .
