Photos and video of St Basil Church in the village of Sil

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Researchers believe that the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was the first to be built in the village of Sil. This wooden shrine was built back in 1479. Unfortunately, this church burned down and has not survived to this day. Apparently, the location of this church in the village of Sil is called Zgaryshche by the old-timers.

The Vasylivska wooden church acquires other forms, uncharacteristic of the Boykivskyi type. In 1834, it was seriously rebuilt. As a result of this reconstruction, the second tier of the altar and nave tent was covered with a continuous gable roof, and a baroque bell tower was built over the Babynets, the forms of which were completely borrowed from stone architecture.

The interior of the church retains the principle of three spaces. As a result of this mechanical reconstruction, this monument lost the proportions of the Boykivskyi temple, developed over the centuries, and its forms became heavy. In this way, the Boykivskyi type of temple, moving southwest, adopted the facade with a bell tower from Western architectural styles (Gothic and Baroque).

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