ST. MYKOLA (NICOLAS) CHURCH IN POLYANA
Year built: 1618
Location: Polyana village, Hlyboka district
The church is the oldest sample of the archaic wooden church which survived until saving its initial appearance. The age of this tiny church resembling a peasant house is almost four hundred years. It as erected in 1618 of large oak beams.
The church is covered with tetrahedral sloping metal roof supported by graded consoles of blockhouse tops decorated with tooth carvings.
The altar and the nave each have one miniature window which rather look like fortress loopholes. The weak light penetrating the church makes semidarkness in which church inner scenes look mysterious and romantic. The interior has saved a small Baroque-styled four-leveled iconostasis with XVII-century carving.
The two-level framework tree bell tower, which was probably built together with the church, was included in the church fence and serves as the main entrance to the church complex.
GALLERY (click photos to enlarge)
 | The bell tower |
 | The bell tower, a side view |
 | The main entrance |
 | The church, left half-section |
 | The church, rear view |
 | The church, rear view |
 | Beam joints |
 | The monument plaque |