The church is located in the Uzhhorod open-air museum on the south-facing slopes of Zamkova Hill next to the Uzhhorod Castle in the historical part of the town of Uzhhorod. The Church of St. Michael the Archangel – the rather frequently used name of the building – was built in the village of Shelestovo in 1777, although the famous historian Tivadar Lehoczky believed that the church was built much earlier, 1777 simply being the year it was consecrated after renovation. After a new brick temple was built in the village of Shelestovo, the church was put at the disposal of schools in the town of Uzhhorod. In 1928, Shelestiv Church was moved to the town of Mukachevo, and finally in 1972, to the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Uzhhorod. At the same time, restoration work was carried out by architects I. R. Mohytych and B. Ya. Kidzelskyi. In 2008, the last of the restoration works aimed at preserving the church building were undertaken. Shelestiv Church is designed in the classical Lemkos style and happens to be one of the two churches of the style that remained without radical changes to their architecture in Ukraine. The church itself is three-domed and consists of three naves, with wood shingles for the roof covering. The tower is high and its construction resembles Baroque architecture. The height of the church, along with the tower, reaches 22 meters. No metal nails were used in its construction – only wooden ones. The church iconostasis has four tiers and stands out with its distinct carving and floral ornaments. Back in the 19th century, the iconostasis was decorated with the works of the prominent Transcarpathian 17th-century painter Illia Brodlakovych-Vyshenskyi. However, most of the original icons from Shelestiv Church disappeared without a trace. The iconostasis was then filled with the 18th-century icons from the temple of the Holy Spirit in the village of Kolochava.
Architectural monument of national importance.