Catherine's Church (Chernihiv)
| St. Catherine's Church Свято-Катерининська церква |
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| Location | Chernihiv, Ukraine |
| Geographic coordinates | 51°29′13″N 31°18′19″E / 51.48694°N 31.30528°E |
| Affiliation | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| District | Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Ukrainian Baroque |
| Completed | 1715 |
Catherine's Church (Ukrainian: Катерининська церква) is a functioning church in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
The snow – white temple with five gold domes in the Ukrainien Baroque style meets guests at the entrance to Chernihiv. It is one of the tourist objects of the recerve “Ancient Chernihiv“. St. Catherine’s Church was built in the cossacks period. It has its own story based on real events. The temple was erected in honor of Chernihiv regiment of Cossacks who had shown the heroism and bravery during the storming of the Turkish forteress of Azov.
The church is made of bricks, it is cross - shaped, nine - fraction, five – dome. The composition is centrical, pyramidally built with the highest central dome and lower ones – over the faceted sleeves of architectural cross. So its composition reminds a wooden. Ukrainian church with five octahedral capacities – octahedrons each crowned with dome combined in on plastic unity. Thanks to such pyramidal construction the church looks tender, elegant and solemn. The facades are a characteristic feature of the church. The main role in their decoration is played by portal and windows margins: triangular pediments, frames, shallow – cut cornices. Modelled ornamentation is not used in the church, common and circle brick which replaced plinth is used both as building and ornamental material. The facades are plastered and limed The characteristic feature of the interior is its opening upwards. It is a five – chamber pillarless temple crowded by five domes. The top is designed in traditional Ukrainian style – with fractures. The walls are white washed. The domes and crosses are gilded.
This monument to the past is located in the central part of historic town near the Dytynets and Kyiv – Chernihiv motorway. It is one of the leading architectural dominants of the city. It was built in honor of heroism of Chernihiv regiment Cossaks showed up during the assault of Turkish fortress Azov in 1696 under the commandment of Chernihiv colonel Yakiv Lyzohub. The church was sacrified in 1715 in honor of St. – Catherine, who had been respected in Ukraine for a long time. St. Catherine’s Church hasn’t had great changing. In 1837 the narthex was built to the western façade of the church and the bell tower was erected in 1908 and both were taken apart during the restoration. It suffered losses in 1941 – 1943 ( roofs and tops of domes were burnt ). The restoration works were conducted into 2 phases : 1947 – 1955 and 1975 – 1980.
St. – Catherine’s church in Chernihiv is the greatest monument of Ukrainian (Cossack) renaissance of the XVII – XVIII centuries, which has authentically remained, it produced a decisive influence on the development of Ukrainian church architecture of the XVIII century and it still plays the role of city building dominant of the historical party of the town.
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