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Pockrovs'ka Church (Church for the Protection of the Virgin), 1810 | Foto
Slobidka-Smotryts'ka Village
The Sviato-Pockrovs'ka Church is a poor, wooden church that was built by the means of the parish and was in Slobidka-Smotryts'ka Village until the �V��� century. A new wooden one-domed Pockrovs'ka Church was built in 1751 and 8 years later, it was consecrated. At the beginning of the ղ� century, it was renamed to the Saint George Church and in 1813, it burnt down. The now working Sviato-Pockrovs'ka Church was built by the means of the parish in 1821; this church is one-domed and stone. In 1844-1845, the old dome was changed into a new one, which began to leak soon. In 1845, a new project of rebuilding of the church was began, but the plan was carried out only in 1881. At the same time, the iconostasis was changed. At first, the bell tower was situated separately from the church, but in 1894, by the means of the peasant, Mykola Tsurs'kyi, a new stone bell tower was attached to the church. Besides, there is a wooden bell tower in the chapel, which was built by the means of the parish in memory of the events of October 17, 1888.
Maryanivka, Nova Guta and Vovkotruby Villages are attached to Slobidka-Smotryts'ka
Village. Today, there is a lack of fresh water in Slobidka-Smotryts'ka which
only has 5 wells. The population consists of Ukrainian peasants of Orthodox
creed (662 m., 598 w.) and a small number of Catholics (15m.,18w.). According
to the retellings, some years ago, Oklyn Village was located within one verst
of the territory of Slobidka or next to it. This village was ruined by the Tatars
and later, in its place, the present village arose. According to the historical
sources, this village appeared no earlier than the XV��� century in the middle
of the forests of the Smotryts'kyi lands and later, it passed from the king's
property to the Potots'kyis and from them, it passed to Zhel's'kyi as a dowry.
Church lands: estates were 2
desiatynas (des.) (this is an old form of measurement) with
1100 peasants (p.), along with plough-lands that were: 35 des., 1780 p., pine-trees
and forest: 6 des., totally 44 des. 480 p. The buildings for the parish clergy
are new and were built by the means of land taxes. There are three schools in
the congregation: a parish school in Slobidka-Smotryts'ka Village that has existed
since 1877 and the reading and writing schools in Maryanivka Village that has
existed since 1891 and Nova Guta, since 1893 (p.438-439).
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Translated
by Yana Anufriyeva
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