The village of Zhuklia is located 10 kilometers north of the highway Chernihiv - Novhorod-Siverskyi.
Founded at the beginning of the 16th century. immigrants from Lithuania ("Zhuklia" in Lithuanian - "fishing settlement"). For a long time, the village remained the property of the Apostol family.
From the end of the 19th century, Zhuklia was owned by Mykola Komstadius. In 1911-1914, he built a large Intercession Church in the neo-Rus style, which has survived to this day.
Село Жукля розташоване в 10 кілометрах на північ від траси Чернігів - Новгород-Сіверський.
Засноване на початку XVI століття переселенцями з Литви (литовською "Жукля" - "рибацьке поселення"). Тривалий час село залишалося маєтком родини Апостолів.
З кінця XIX століття Жукля перебувала у власності Миколи Комстадіуса. В 1911-1914 роках він побудував велику Покровську церкву в неоруському стилі, яка збереглася дотепер.
Holy Intercession Church
Temple , Architecture
The Holy Intercession Church was built in the village of Zhuklia at the expense of Major General Mykola Komstadius.
It is considered a very valuable architectural monument, since there are no more churches of this type in Ukraine.
The church was founded in 1911 on the site of a burned down wooden church. According to legend, the owner of the village promised the residents to build a temple that does not burn. For this, he ordered an architect and builders from St. Petersburg.
The Pokrovsky Church is made in neo-Rus style. It combines elements of the architecture of the northern regions of Ancient Rus with Ukrainian compositional techniques. The interior of the temple is decorated with original paintings. The iconostasis has not survived to this day.
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