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Holy Spirit Church, Potelych
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Holy Spirit Church

Temple , Architecture , UNESCO world heritage site

The unique Church of the Sending of the Holy Spirit in Potelych is one of the oldest wooden churches in Ukraine. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in the category "Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Region of Ukraine".

The Church of the Holy Spirit was built in Potelych in 1502 by local potters on the site of an even older church of Saints Borys and Hlib. The church is three-log, two-headed, with a canopy on the crowns and brackets. The central log house is covered with a tent top with one fold, the eastern one with an octagonal top with a lantern and a top, the babinets is covered with a pitched roof. The west and south doors are decorated with wrought iron hinges of artistic work. Wrought window bars were made during the renovation in 1736.

The interior features a monumental painting from the 1620s.

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