The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God in the village of Hryshyne was built in 1804 and is the oldest church in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region.
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| Hryshyne, Donetsk region. The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God |
The holy place was closed in the God-fighting times, but the community managed to save it and to restore the services. From the recollections of the Hryshyne local historian I. I. Fisai it is known that in 1923 the people of Hryshyne celebrated the 150th anniversary of the church. It follows from this that its predecessor was consecrated in 1773. After the decree of 1801 forbidding the building of wooden churches, the faithful erected stone ones. The wooden church could no longer hold all the parishioners and had to be replaced. The new one was built of rubble stone with the use of brick. The church is laid out in the shape of a cross and has a built-in five-tier bell tower. Later the religious building was extended again in 1884 and 1908.
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| The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God. An architectural monument |
In 1913 there were about 7,400 parishioners, and in all, according to the census of that year, 11,951 people lived in Hryshyne. The priest, the deacon and the psalm reader lived in flats belonging to the parish. In 1957 the authorities struck the church off the register, and the collective farm used the premises for its own needs. After the liquidation of the collective farm it was planned to convert the place of prayer into a children's cafe, but this did not happen. In 1990 the half-ruined and disfigured church was returned to the faithful. In 2003, thanks to donations, the repair and restoration work was completed, and on 14 October, the patronal feast, Christian services resumed in the church. The church iconostasis was made at the Pochaiv Lavra, and the holy images were executed at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and brought by parishioners from their family relics. Since 1989 the church has had the status of an architectural monument of local significance.
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| The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God. 1804. The oldest church in the Pokrovsk district |
Let us get to know the village in which this cultural heritage object of the Pokrovsk district stands. The first mention of the sloboda dates from the 1780s. The toponym was formed from the name of one of the Cossacks who founded a winter camp here. Hryshyne lies on the banks of the river Hryshanka, a tributary of theByk, in the Dnipro basin.
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| The road bridge over the river Hryshanka |
The village borders onPokrovsk, which appeared on the map thanks to the building of the Hryshyne railway station in 1875. Hryshyne has three main thoroughfares, parallel to one another — Tsentralna Street, Myru Street and Haharina Lane.
At the crossroads there are signs with the names of the streets and lanes.
The housing stock consists of private houses; there are also two-storey blocks of flats.
The first class of pupils was taken in in 1851. The present-day school was built in 1971, and it houses a museum of history and local lore with a rich exhibition devoted to the history of the village and of the school.
During the years of the Second World War 463 inhabitants of the village took part in it, and 288 of them did not come home. In 1943 the front line ran near the village. In honour of the fallen countrymen and the liberating soldiers, the monument "Glory" was erected in the village park.
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| The war memorial |
In the village there are a centre of culture and leisure, a library, a kindergarten, an out-patient clinic, several shops and a cafe.
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| The sports and children's grounds |
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