The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is situated on a high hill above the Prut river that means it is in a key position and, as a result, its majestic domes could be seen even in Deliatyn.

In 1700 the church was firstly mentioned in records. In 1789 a new church was built (and sanctified in 1790). On 31 December 1898, when the deanery visited the place, in documents it was indicated that the local church was wooden and cross-shaped. In 1909 there was a new wooden church under a shingle roof built thanks to the efforts of the priest D. Luhovyi and according to the local legends resembled the old church in Vorokhta. During World War I the outskirts of the village were known for fierce battles, and in 1917 the local church was destroyed by Austrian soldiers, when units of the Russian army held the line on the right, namely Zarichchia, bank of the Prut river.

The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a new large wooden church,  was built during 1936-1942 and was designed by Lev Levynskyi known as an architect. According to the plan the church had to be cross-shaped and have one main dome over the central area, two smaller domes over a sacristy and a narthex, and also two subsidiary domes above the entrance near the narthex. The roof was made out of metal. In December 1942 Hryhoriy Khomyshyn, bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church coming from Stanislav, participated during its opening and sanctification ceremony. In the postwar period it remained opened but the authorities ordered to strip it of all “uniatic features”. The building was refurbished in 1988, and the roof was freshly lined with tinplate eleven years later.

Today it is of the Orthodox patriarchate and remains open. It is re-sanctified on the Day of  Intercession of the Theotokos.

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