Wooden churches

The wooden Greek Catholic church of the Protection of the Theotokos, 1770, NKP

    The wooden church in Miroľa was built on a dominant plain in 1770 and dedicated to the Protection of the Theotokos. After WWII, in which the church was greatly damaged, it was restored immediately in 1945.
    The church has three parts, three spaces, three towers with three crosses. Originally the whole area of the church was surrounded with a wooden fence, and a wooden entrance gate. Today there is only the entrance gate left. The structure of the church is rustic. The tower has a columned structure. The building stands on low sustaining wall. The tower is above the narthex. The roof of each of the towers has the shape of a pyramid with a flat onion on the top. Above the onion is another smaller onion with a three-barred cross on the top. Originally were three bells in the tower, nowadays are also three bells hanging here. The entrance to the church is from the western part, and leads through the narthex.
    The iconostasis (National cultural monument – NKP) is characterized by its variety of colors. Its architecture has four rows of icons, displayed on four levels. The main row and feasts are from the middle of the 18th century. The apostles and prophets are from the end of the 18th century. The deacon doors are not set with leaves. The royal doors have six medallions – four Evangelists and two medallions with Annunciation. The first row contains the icons of St. Nicholas, Theotokos (Hodigitria), Christ the Teacher and an icon of the Protection of the Theotokos. The second row is a row of feasts with an icon of the Last (Mystical) Supper in the middle; and third row is the row of apostles with an icon of Christ the High Priest in the middle. The fourth row, row of prophets, consists of twelve medallions in six extensions. The top of the iconostasis is finished by a table icon of the Crucifixion, in which the Theotokos and St. John the Evangelist are under the cross. In the church nave hangs an older icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos from the 17th century.
    The whole iconostasis was renovated in 1970’s.

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