Church of St. Peter and Paul description and photo - Ukraine: Kamyanets-Podilsky (Topic)

St. Peter and Paul description and photo - Ukraine: Kamyanets-Podilsky. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Kamyanets-Podolsk is located in the Old Town, at the beginning of Tatarskaya Street. This church is a valuable architectural monument. Although, if you compare it with other churches in the Old City, it may seem unattractive and even squalid. It looks like a small building with a low roof.

The construction of the church dates back to 1580. This construction date was set by chance. In 1884, the building was reconstructed, the church expanded from the west and a bell tower was added, then, quite by accident, an inscription was found on the wooden jambs, which indicated this date of construction. But, unfortunately, this inscription has not survived and its existence has not been documented. The documents for the first time mention the Peter and Paul Church at the end of the 16th century. It says that the Kamenets bourgeois Ivan Seletsky donated a house to this church in 1591.

During the Turkish rule, the Peter and Paul Church was given for divine services to Roman Catholics. Since the 18th century, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul has, in addition to the main altar, two more altars - St. Nicholas and the Great Martyr Barbara, the establishment of which was a consequence of the transfer of the church to the Uniates. Then at the church of Saints Peter and Paul there were three brotherhoods. The first - Peter and Paul, was approved in 1736, the second - for women, the great martyr Barbara, was approved in 1737, the third - St. John the Baptist, was approved in 1754.

The status of the Orthodox Church of Peter and Paul acquired again in 1795 year.

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