Pokrowska Church
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 39 ″ N , 30 ° 31 ′ 8 ″ E
The Pokrowska Church ( Ukrainian Святопокровська Покровська церква / Pokrowska zerkwa ) is a church building of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Stadtrajon Podil in the eponymous district of the Ukrainian capital Kiev .
The two-story stone church is crowned by three domes and is located on Pokrowska Vulyzja No. 7. It was built between 1766 and 1772 in the Ukrainian Baroque style according to the design of the architect Ivan Hryhorovytsch-Barskyj ( Іван Григорович Григорович Григорович-Барсий ) The previous building was built in 1685 and is an architectural monument. The bell tower next to the church was built in 1809. The church was badly damaged in the major fire in 1811 and could not be consecrated again until 1817.
Web links
- Church Official Website (Ukrainian)
- Description of the Church in Orthodox Kiev (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History of church building on the church website , accessed on May 16, 2015
- ↑ Historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine: Kiev, Lexica. Bk. 1 ch .: 2 MC / Redkol. Ed. Tronko P. et al. Compiled by: V. Gorbyk, M. Kiporenko, N. Kovalenko, L. Fedorov. NAS of Ukraine. Institute for the History of Ukraine; Institute of Archeology of Ukraine; Institute for Art History, Folklore and Ethnology. M. Rila. Ed. Summary of historical and cultural monuments in the Art-mo "Ukrainian Encyclopedia" them. Wunsch M., 2004. - pp. 585-1216: il. - Ref: pp. 1161-1180. - Pokazhch: pp. 1183-1213. No. 440 - ISBN 966-95478-2-2
- ↑ Description of the church on ukrainaincognita.com , accessed on May 16, 2015