Saints Borys and Hlib Church, Shumliany

Saints Borys and Hlib Church (Ukrainian: Церква Святих Мучеників Бориса і Гліба) is a parish of the same name of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Shumliany, Saranchuky rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It is an architectural monument of national importance.[1]

Saints Borys and Hlib church
Церква Святих Мучеників Бориса і Гліба
Church of the OCU
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Church of Ukraine
Location
LocationShumliany, Saranchuky rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Geographic coordinates49°17′19″N 24°52′26″E / 49.28848°N 24.87378°E / 49.28848; 24.87378
Architecture
Completed1711

History

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An old oak church is located on top of a hill in the village of Shumliany. Numbers carved into the rafters indicate that the construction lasted from 1696 to 1711. Legends say that there was a monastery near the village at that time. Not far away in the forest there is a "Priest's Well". The stone cross near the church is a tombstone to Mrs. Shumlianska, the mother of Lviv Bishop Yosyf Shumlyansky.[2]

Near the cross in the churchyard is a statue of the Mother of God, built in 1924. Church rituals are performed there, such as: the blessing of water, the blessing on Easter, and the blessing of vegetables on Savior's Day, while young people lead round dances and sing haiivky. There is a custom in the village to light fires near the church at night on Good Friday.[2]

Priests

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  • Yoachhym[2]
  • Yanovych[2]
  • Hryhorii Levytskyi (1828–1855)[2]
  • Mykola Rybak (1856–1900)[2]
  • Lev Hrynevych (1901–1911)[2]
  • Petro Sterniuk (1911–1914)[2]
  • Yulian Dudkevych (1914–1924)[2]
  • Kornelii Kupetskyi (1924–1931)[2]
  • Mykola Starukh (1931–1940)[2]
  • Ivan Didukh (1940–1945)[2]
  • Petro Babuniak (1945–1947)[2]
  • Petro Seneta (1947–1949)[2]
  • Romylo Bohdanets (1949–1952)[2]
  • Ivan Voloshyn (1953–1966)[2]
  • Myron Martseliuk (1966–1969)[2]
  • Ivan Hura (1970–1971)[2]
  • Ivan Shevchuk (1972–1979)[2]
  • Ivan Yavorskyi (1979–1982)[2]
  • Vasyl Hanyshevskyi (1982–1984)[2]
  • Petro Fedav (1984–1985)[2]
  • Stepan Bilchuk (1985–1994)[2]
  • Yurii Terliuk (1994–1995)[2]
  • Petro Myskiv (November 1996–?)[2]
  • Volodymyr Punka (incumbent)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Лист Тернопільського обласного центру охорони та наукових досліджень пам'яток культурної спадщини № 326 from 20 October 2021 r.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z с. Шумляни. Храм святих мучеників Бориса і Гліба, Храми Української Православної Церкви Київського патріархату. Тернопільщина, Автор концепції Куневич Б.; головний редактор Буяк Я.; фото: Снітовський О., Крочак І., Кислинський Е., Бурдяк В., Тернопіль : ТОВ «Новий колір», 2012, S. 276.: іл., ISBN 978-966-2061-24-6.

Sources

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  • (in Ukrainian) С. Колодницький, У. Коропецька, Б. Мельничук, Шумляни // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 202–204. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
  • "Шумляни". Дерев'яні церкви Західної України. Archived from the original on 2022-05-13.