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One of the few surviving churches of the Middle Dnipro school to have come down to our day is Sviatovvedenska Church. It is also the only wooden church in Kherson Oblast. The church was built in 1725 in Poltava Governorate. No nails were used in its construction. The walls were made of wooden logs. The church has an octagonal shape with a five-sided apse. Enclosed porches were added on all sides except the eastern one. The window above the main entrance was made in the shape of a cross. At that time, the building was a military church for Cossacks and was called the Resurrection Church. It is still unknown what caused it, but the building was dismantled and transported along the Dnipro to Kherson Oblast, where it was restored in Beryslav.
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During Soviet rule, the church was closed. Its premises were used as warehouses. However, from 1941, church songs and prayers were heard again within the church walls, and they can still be heard today.
Interesting facts:
- There is a legend that, in fact, a spring flood washed the church away and carried it along the river to Beryslav.
- One version of the church’s relocation is that the Cossacks decided not to spend money on building a new shrine, so they decided to take it with them to Beryslav.
- During the Crimean War, the church was dismantled again and moved to the outskirts of the city, where the Vvedensky Cemetery was located.
- Sviatovvedenska Church is almost 500 years older than the city of Beryslav.
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