The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the smallest wooden church of the Transcarpathian region and a monument of the Ukrainian folk architecture and painting. A well-known Ukrainian art critic Hryhorii Lohvyn once claimed that the church was built in 1655-1656, because by 1662 its murals were almost complete. The temple is built of wide oak beams in a way that they interlock with each other without a single nail used, as well as of linden wood boards, and has a decorative element of carvings which resemble sunflowers. The height of the oak walls is 2.24 m. The church itself is small, only 14 meters long. The height of the front door is 1.27 m. The entire roof and walls of the tower are clad in oak shingles. Next to the church is a wooden-frame two-tiered bell tower, a monument of the 18th century. There’s also a partially preserved wall painting of the 17th century, made on the oak beams of the church. At the beginning of the 19th century, a new iconostasis was installed in the church, which had some negative effect on the wall murals. The architecture, paintings and carvings of the church are among the most impressive creations of the Transcarpathian school of the 17th-century Ukrainian art.

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