Saint Michael church, Stara Skvariava
| Saint Michael church Церква Святого Архистратига Михаїла | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Architectural monument of local importance |
| Location | |
| Location | Stara Skvariava, Zhovkva urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine |
  Shown within Lviv Oblast | |
| Geographic coordinates | 50°02′24″N 23°57′00″E / 50.04000°N 23.95000°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1508 |
Saint Michael church (Ukrainian: Церква Святого Архистратига Михаїла) is a Greek Catholic parish wooden church (UGCC) in Stara Skvariava of the Zhovkva urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast. Architectural monument of local importance
History
[edit]The three-domed wooden church was first mentioned in writing in 1578. It had a throne with an antimension from Bishop Athanasius Sheptytsky. In 1715 it burned down. A wooden church from the village of Hlynsk, Lviv Raion, was moved to its place.[1][2][3]
In 2008, researcher Vasyl Slobodian discovered the year 1508 on the wall of the church's nave, which is the date of construction of the shrine.[3][4][5]
In 1947–1989, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities. In 2009–2014, the church was restored with wood shingles (designed by architect Serhii Pinkovskyi, and was renovated by I. Bukhanskyi).[6] Next to the wooden church, a stone church of the Archangel Michael was built in the early 1990s and consecrated in 1995 (architects Sviatoslav Krupchuk and Roman Hoshko).[2][3]
In 2023, the church, along with the iconostasis, was digitized in 3D format.[7]
Staroskvariavskyi iconostasis
[edit]In 1995–2015, the iconostasis of the 16th-18th centuries was undergoing restoration at the Museum of History of Religion in Lviv (led by Halyna Skop-Druziuk and Mariia Bonkovska). Now it is a branch of the mentioned museum institution called "Museum of the Staroskvariavskyi Iconostasis of the XVI-XVIII centuries".[5][6] In the vicarage row of the iconostasis there is an icon of St. Nicholas (1687), which is associated with the Ukrainian iconographer Ivan Rutkovych.[3][8]
Famous Ukrainian art historians have written about the monument, including Mykhailo Dragan in his works: "The iconostasis in Skvariava Stara is a conglomerate of icons of different times and authors, collected from different churches. The oldest part is from the 16th century – a series of apostles with "feasts" (praznychky) and "Pantocrator" (two pairs of apostles and a 16th-century Crucifix are kept in the Lviv Museum of Ukrainian Art)", as well as Vira Svientsitska: "The iconostasis consists of icons from the 16th and 17th centuries".[3][8][9]
Priests
[edit]- Teodor Bilevych (1828–1838)[1]
- Kelestyn Kyverovych (1838–1859)[1]
- Yakiv Zakrevskyi (1858–1859, administrator)[1]
- Luka Oleshchuk (1859–1901)[1]
- Yosyf Karanovych (1897–1901, assistant; 1901, administrator)[1]
- Volodymyr Ustrysko (1901–1927)[1]
- Stefan Haida (1928–1939)[1]
- Stepan Makar – now.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Skvajava Nova // Блажейовський Д. Історичний шематизм Перемиської єпархії з включенням Апостольської Адміністратури Лемківщини (1828—1939). — Львів : Каменяр, 1995. — С. 439. — ISBN 5-7745-0672-Х.
- ^ a b Слободян В. Жовківщина: історико-архітектурні нариси церков. — Жовква: 1998. — С. 160—162.
- ^ a b c d e Роксолана Косів. "Церква Архангела Михаїла. Стара Скварява". Сакральна спадщина Львівщини. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ Ірина Цебенко (2015-10-09). "На карті Львівщини постав новий музей — «Староскварявський іконостас XVI — XVIII ст.»". Prostir.museum. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14.
- ^ a b "Після 20-річної перерви історичний іконостас с. Стара Скварява повертається додому". RISU. 2015-10-19.
- ^ a b "Музей у Скваряві". Львівський музей історії релігії.
- ^ Катерина Садловська, Ірина Мочульська (2023-10-24). "На Львівщині оцифрували та створили 3D-модель церкви XVI століття". Суспільне Львів.
- ^ a b Скоп-Друзюк Г., Скоп П. Іконостас XVI-XVIII століття із села Старої Скваряви. Альбом. Львів: Логос, 2009. — 160 с.
- ^ "Україна, Стара Скварява, ц. Архистратига Михаїла". www.icon.org.ua. Retrieved 2025-02-08.