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Descent of the Holy Spirit Church

Coordinates: 50°12′31″N 23°33′3″E / 50.20861°N 23.55083°E / 50.20861; 23.55083
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Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationPotelych, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Part ofWooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
CriteriaCultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference1424-008
Inscription2013 (37th Session)
Area0.19 ha (0.47 acres)
Buffer zone1.1 ha (2.7 acres)
Coordinates50°12′31″N 23°33′3″E / 50.20861°N 23.55083°E / 50.20861; 23.55083
Descent of the Holy Spirit Church is located in Lviv Oblast
Descent of the Holy Spirit Church
Location of Descent of the Holy Spirit Church in Lviv Oblast
Descent of the Holy Spirit Church is located in Ukraine
Descent of the Holy Spirit Church
Descent of the Holy Spirit Church (Ukraine)

Wooden Descent of the Holy Spirit Church was built in suburb of Potelych, Ukraine in 1502 on the place of a church that was burned down by tatars. It is the oldest wooden church in Lviv Oblast. Church was visited by Bohdan Khmelnytsky.[1]

The structure consists of three wooden naves and a brick sacristy.

On June 21, 2013, on the 37th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Cambodia the Holy Trinity Church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List among 16 wooden tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine.[2][3]

  • Interior
    Interior
  • Interior
    Interior
  • Belltower
    Belltower
  • Belltower
    Belltower
  • Riverside
    Riverside

References

  1. ^ "Wooden Churches of Ukraine". authenticukraine.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  2. ^ Карпатські церкви стали спадщиною ЮНЕСКО // Українська правда / Історична правда. - Неділя, 23 червня 2013
  3. ^ "Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine".
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