Vul. Maidanna, 1a – the Holy Trinity Church

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The wooden Holy Trinity Church (Presviatoji Trijtsi) was built in the 17th century in the village of Sykhiv (1683). The 1850 cadaster mentions both the church, a small bell tower and a nearby cemetery. The church was renovated in 1875, and fundamentally restored in 1932-1933, when the new stone foundation was put in place. The parish priest Andriy Ishchak (1887-1941), later beatified by the Pope Joph Paul II, was murdered near the church by the Soviet soldiers. He is buried in the church cemetery. In 1969 a restoration by Bohdan Kendzielski was undertaken. The church functioned until 1960s, when it was turned into a museum. The local Sykhiv inhabitants opened it again in 1990 as a Greek Catholic church, and in 1994 the interior paintings were restored.

History

The exact date of construction is unknown, with some sources suggesting c. 1600. The 1850 cadaster also mentions a small bell tower and a nearby cemetery. The first wooden church was burned during the Tatar siege of 1676.

The church was re-built in the 17th century, and the nave and the cupola were painted in 1683.

The church was renovated in 1875, and fundamentally restored in 1932, when it was put on a new stone foundation.

In 1969 a restoration by Bohdan Kendzielski was undertaken.

The church functioned until 1960s, when it was turned closed and turned into a museum.

The local Sykhiv inhabitants opened the church again in 1990 as a Greek Catholic church. The first Greek Catholic priest to minister the newly acquired church was Fr. Olexandr (Prylip), a Studite monk from Briukhovychi.

In 1994 the interior paintings were restored. Today (2008) it is used as Greek Catholic church.

Architecture

A wooden, three-cupola church built on a stone basement. A later nave was attached on the Western side of the church to the earlier structure, which had a separate entrance from the North. The main nave is covered with the four-slope roof.

There is a partially preserved painting in the nave depicting Teodor Tyronskyi, St. George and St. Dmytro, dates to 1683 and is a valuable art historical artefact. The author of these painting possibly was Oleksandr Lianynskyi.

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Personalities

Parish Administrators:

around 1932-1933 - fr. Teofil Hornykevych (times of 1932 restoration), fr. Dudykevych (dates unknown)

The parish priest Andrij Ishchak (1887-1941), later beatified by the Pope Joph Paul II, was murdered near the church by the Soviet soldiers. He is buried in the church cemetery.

Fr. Oleksandr Prylip (1990-1991). Fr. Olexandr belonged to the same Greek Catholic order as the Vornonovksy brothers, with Iulian Voronovsky as his superior in both the Studite order and (underground) church hierarchy. In early 1989, the bishop asked Olexandr to quit his post in Ternopyl in order to come to L’viv in preparation for the Greek Catholic revival. In 1990 Fr. Olexandr began officiating in Sykhiv, and Metropolitan Sterniuk gave him a special document, acknowledging Fr. Olexandr Prylip as the sole Greek Catholic priest of the entire Sykhiv district.

Sources

1. Interview with fr. Oleksandr Prylip
2. Interview with Oleh (employee of the state archive)
3. Augustyn Babiak 2002. Novi Ukrainskyi Muchenyky XX st., tom 89. Rym: Ukrainsky Katolytsky Universytet im. Klimentia Papy

Material compiled by Vlad Naumescu

Edited by Markian Prokopovych

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