The village of Haishyn on the Trubizh River is located 5 kilometers north of Pereyaslav.
Known since the 18th century as a Cossack settlement. Roman Haisha, a Cossack, may have been the founder.
In 1870, the wooden church of John the Baptist was built, which has survived to this day.
On the north-eastern outskirts of the village are the remains of an Old Rus settlement of the 11th-13th centuries.
Село Гайшин на річці Трубіж розташоване в 5 кілометрах на північ від Переяслава.
Відоме з XVIII сторіччя як козацьке поселення. Можливо, засновником був козак Роман Гайша.
В 1870 році було побудовано дерев'яну церкву Іоанна Богослова, що збереглася донині.
На північно-східній околиці села знаходяться залишки давньоруського городища ХІ-ХІІІ століть.
Saint John the Theologian Church
Temple , Architecture
The wooden church in honor of the holy apostle John the Theologian in Haishyn was built in 1870 (according to other data - in 1884).
The temple is single-domed, eight-by-four in shape, with an attached belfry. The height of the building is 25 meters. Outside, the temple is painted blue, the pediment is decorated with carved geometric patterns. Above the central exit, on the pediment of the porch, there is an icon of the Mother of God of Kazan. Above the porch, at the height of the middle tier, there is a full-length icon of John the Theologian. The interior is painted with biblical scenes by local artist Oleksiy Kondratenko.
A parochial school operated at the church.
In 1935, the church was closed by order of the Soviet authorities, but in 1942 the services were resumed and have not stopped since then.
Currently, the church of John the Theologian is in good condition.
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