The Church of the Holy Spirit is a wooden church museum built in 1795. On 9 January 1953, the church was removed from the register of functioning temples. Afterwards, the icons of this Church of the Holy Spirit were reinstalled on the iconostasis of Shelestiv Church of the Uzhhorod Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. The exterior of the church very much resembles the Baroque style. Besides that, as is quite characteristic of many wooden churches of Transcarpathia, the Church of the Holy Spirit is three-nave and has a high framework tower over the western nave. Next to the church once stood a two-tiered framework bell tower, which was then moved to a nearby built Orthodox church and coated with tinplate. What captures one’s interest is that the bell tower has lost its architectural significance, even though it was used for its intended purpose, whereas the church, due to being closed for quite a long time and called a museum of atheism, has retained its authenticity. Today, the church serves as a museum of local lore in the village of Kolochava, which keeps alive the memories of the brigand Mykola Shuhai and the writer Ivan Olbracht.

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