Building Name: | Saint Paraskeva church Ukrainian: Церква Преподобної Параскеви Сербської |
Location: | Velykyi Kliuchiv |
Geo: | 48.4664°N 24.9423°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Year Completed: | 1864 |
Saint Paraskeva church (Ukrainian: Церква Преподобної Параскеви Сербської) orthodox parish church (PCU) in Velykyi Kliuchiv of the Nyzhnii Verbizh Hromada, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, and an architectural monument of local importance.[1]
The church was first mentioned in 1515 in the tax register of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.[2]
In 1862–1864, a new wooden church covered with shingles was built on the site of the old church. In the 1930s, it was covered with galvanized tin.[3] [4]
In 1933–1934, the restoration of the icons, the painting of the bathhouse, and the creation of twelve images of the Way of the Cross were performed by painter Pavlo Zaporizhskyi.[5]
In 1983, at the expense of the community, the iconostasis was restored and parquet was installed; in 1989, the church and bell tower were covered with aluminum tin with minting; in 1990, the restoration was completed and the church was consecrated; in 1996, the priest's residence was built; in 2013, the foundation of the church was repaired; in 2000, a chapel was consecrated in honor of the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ.
On 8 December 2023, during restoration work, four tridents were discovered in the altar part of the church. All of them had been kept for many years under the icons of the Baptist of Kievan Rus' Vladimir the Great, Olga, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and the Demetrius.[6] [7]