Church of the Resurrection (Jassinja)

View with the bell tower (left, 2010)

Location of the church

The Auferstehungskirche ( Ukrainian Церква Вознесіння Господнього Tserkva Wosnessinnja Hospodnjoho ) is a wooden church in Yasinia (Ясіня; rakhiv raion ) in the oblast Transcarpathians in the Ukraine . The church is part of the cross-border UNESCO - World Heritage " wooden churches in the Carpathian region " and that is the resurrection of Jesus Christ ordained. It is used jointly by the Greek Orthodox and the Ruthenian Greek Catholic communities.

Location and extent of the world heritage

View of the Church (2013)

View of the bell tower (2013)

Bell tower and cemetery (2010)

The church is on a hill above the village and a stream. The complex includes the church and the wooden bell tower . To the north of it is a small cemetery .

history

The region belonged to Austria-Hungary until the First World War and was mostly inhabited by Hutsuls . After the Hutsul Republic was broken up in the summer of 1919, Yasinja belonged to Czechoslovakia until 1939 . - In March 1939, the church and bell tower were depicted on a Czechoslovak postage stamp. After the Second World War , Yasinja came to the Soviet Union and in 1991 to the independent Ukraine .

The church was built in 1824 and the bell tower was built in 1813. Some of the furnishings in the building date from the 18th century, the church flag from the following century.

In 2010 the complex was included in the tentative list of world cultural heritage along with seven other wooden churches in Ukraine. The registration took place on June 21, 2013 together with eight other objects of the Eastern Churches in Poland .

Furnishing

The church belongs to the Hutsul type of wooden churches, like the church in Nyschnij Verbish , which is also part of the world heritage . It consists of cut logs that are laid horizontally. Both structures and the roofs are completely clad or covered with wooden shingles of different sizes. The church is cross-shaped and oriented to the east. The dome rises above the central part of the nave. The small-format windows are set relatively high. Inside there is an iconostasis . The wooden lanterns have wrought iron crosses .

The tower is a mighty, two-story structure over a square floor plan. The domes of the church and tower are octagonal . Circumferential canopies protect the foundations of the two buildings from rain or snow.