Repynne village and its legends
In the centre of the village, to the left of the road, you can see the silhouette of a wooden three-storey St Dmitry’s Church. It was built in 1780 from spruce beams in the Maramorosh Gothic style. This church has preserved works of artistic carving from the 18th century and tempera painting from the 17th century. Unfortunately, the roof of the church was covered with tin.
In Soviet times, the church was threatened with destruction. In the 1970s, there was an “instruction from above” to burn down St. Dmitriy’s Church, but local residents organised round-the-clock vigils near the church and saved the church from arsonists hired by the authorities.
In addition, in Soviet times, they wanted to rename the village to Kvitkove, but the residents did not agree to this “change of name”. According to the legend, a long time ago a poor man fled from a Khust lord to the mountains, far away from the lord’s servants. The poor man spent the night under a willow tree on the riverbank. But he couldn’t sleep because the willow tree was swaying loudly all night. In the morning, the peasant looked around the area and decided to build a house and settle there, and cut down the hateful willow that was preventing him from sleeping. But the roar remained – in the name of the village, which has survived to this day.
According to another legend, the name of the village comes from a rock that once towered over the river and was called Rypa. It is from this rock that the name of the village of Repynne comes.
