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General information about Tykhomel

The ancient village Tykhomel on the Horyn River is located on the eastern outskirts of the settlement Yampil in the Khmelnytskyi region, on the M-62 highway between Chudniv and Zbarazh. Administratively, it is part of the Yampil territorial hromada of the Shepetivka district of Khmelnytskyi region.

The chronicled Tykhomel (Tykhoml) was first mentioned in 1152 as the city of Pohoryna, which was claimed by the Kyiv, Galician and Volyn ...

The chronicled Tykhomel (Tykhoml) was first mentioned in 1152 as the city of Pohoryna, which was claimed by the Kyiv, Galician and Volyn princes at the same time. In 1214, Tykhomel became the residence of Prince Danylo Romanovych, the future king of Rus. The ramparts of the ancient Rus hillfort have been preserved.

In the first half of the 16th century, Tykhomel was owned by the Ukrainian nobles Seniutas, who were followers of the reformist movements of Christianity - Calvinism and anti-Trinitarianism (Socinianism or Arianism). Since then, the ruins of the Arian tower-chapel, which was the tomb of Seniutas and performed defensive functions, have been preserved in the southern part of the settlement.

After in 1535 the new owner of Tykhomel, Prince Janusz Vilenskiy, founded the new city of Yanushpil (present-day Yampil) on the opposite bank of the Horyn River, the ancient settlement became a country residence of local landowners, and later turned into an ordinary village, which it is today.

Стародавнє село Тихомель на річці Горинь розташоване на східній околиці селища Ямпіль на Хмельниччині, на трасі М-62 між Чудновом і Збаражем. Адміністративно входить до складу Ямпільської територіальної громади Шепетівського району Хмельницької області.

Літописний Тихомель (Тихомль) вперше згадується у 1152 році як місто Погорини, на яке претендували одночасно київські, галицькі та волинські князі. У 1214 році Тихомель став резиденцією князя Данила Романовича, майбутнього короля Русі. Збереглися вали давньоруського городища.

У першій половині XVI століття Тихомель перебував у власності українських шляхтичів Сенют, які були послідовниками реформаторських течій християнства – кальвінізму та антитринітарства (соцініанства або аріанства). З тих пір на у південній частині городища збереглися руїни аріанської вежі-каплиці, яка була усипальницею Сенют та виконувала оборонні функції.

Після того, як у 1535 році новий власник Тихомеля князь Януш Віленський заклав на протилежному березі Горині нове місто Янушпіль (нинішній Ямпіль), давнє городище стало заміською резиденцією місцевих землевласників, а згодом перетворилося на звичайне село, яким є і зараз.

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Arian Tower-Chapel

Architecture

The Arian Tower-Chapel in Tykhomel near Yampil in the Khmelnytskyi region is a unique monument of sacred architecture, the only such building in Ukraine. It is located on the territory of the early medieval hillfort of the 11th–13th centuries on the high bank of the Horyn River.

The chapel in Tykhomel was built in the first half of the 17th century by the Ukrainian nobleman Abraham Seniuta, who was a follower of Calvinism (a branch of Protestantism). He and his descendants are also credited with adherence to Arianism - an early Christian doctrine that was considered heretical.

In the 16th–17th centuries, Arianism was widespread in Eastern Europe, and, in particular, in Volhynia. The Arians denied the triune essence of God, that is, the Holy Trinity, asserting the superiority of God the Father over the God the Son created by him – Jesus Christ.

The frescoed chapel was built on a mound, on the site of the ancient Rus hillfort of Tykhomel. It is believed that it was the burial place of the son of its founder – Petro Seniuta. Later, the chapel served as a tower of the fortress built here. It has been preserved in ruins.

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Tykhomel's Hillfort

Historic area , Archaeological site

The defense ramparts of the chronicled ancient Rus city of Tykhomel (Tykhoml) are located on the banks of the Horyn River on the outskirts of Yampil near the modern village of Tykhomel.

According to one of the versions, the fortification was built by order of the Kyiv Prince Volodymyr the Great at the end of the 10th century. The city was first mentioned in 1152 during the war between the Kyiv prince Izyaslav Mstyslavych and the Galician prince Volodymyrko Volodarevych. In 1214, the city was captured by the troops of the Hungarian king, but soon it was repulsed by the Galicia-Volyn prince Danylo Romanovych. Subsequent internecine wars devastated the city, and it soon lost its importance.

In the 16th century, these lands became the property of Vilnius bishop Yanush, who founded the nearby town of Yampil, and the ancient Tykhomel has since disappeared from the maps.

A panorama of the valley of the Horyn river opens from the walls of the fortified settlement. Nearby are the ruins of the only Arian chapel of the 16th century in Ukraine.

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