Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
The old church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the territory Krylosov is quite ancient monument, has undergone a long and complicated history. Temple and is now the acting, its doors are open to believers and curious tourists.
The history of the construction of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The church was built in 1586 by Mark Boyar Shymlanskaya near the main shrine Galic - the Assumption Cathedral of the 12th century.
Church of the Assumption was built in the Renaissance style of stone blocks - the material that remained after the destruction in 1241 of the main temple Galic - Cathedral of the Assumption. During the Turkish-Tatar invasion in 1676 it was almost completely destroyed, but restored in 1699. Restoration work lasted for 30 years. Later repairs were carried out in 1824, and before the First World War. And in 1915, the building has suffered considerably, the roof collapsed. Since 1926, architect L. Levinsky began to rebuild the temple on the interior in 1929, he worked as an artist A. Monastic.
Architecture Church of the Assumption
Initially, the church was chetyrehstopnym, consisted of three nave and had a dome ceiling. But in the first half of the 18th century, the dome was destroyed and then not restored. Now it is one-nave structure with the plan, elongated along the main axis. Skip to main porch attached smaller in size, square, which gives the two-part form of the monument. Carved stone capitals adorn the facades dissected pilasters. Inputs decorated portals of stone, and the walls are made of stone blocks, which survived the 12th century graffiti. It is mainly old Russian inscriptions with images. Also in the church choirs of stored immured stone with the emblem Shymlanskaya. The portal on the north pediment finished triangular shape on stone corbels, dated 1702 year.
The inner atmosphere in the temple creates an iconostasis, which made an outstanding master of the Ukrainian painting of the 20th century A. Monastyrski and Kriloskaya miraculous icon of the Mother of God.
Where is the Church of the Blessed Virgin in Krylosov
The old church of the Assumption of the Virgin was placed in a small village Krylos Galich district of Ivano-Frankivsk region. You can reach it by bus, which goes in the direction of Galich to stop "Krylos." Then walk a little walk to the index.
