Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bukovets
The ensemble of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a bell tower and a wooden gate, which is rare today. In 1751, there were two wooden churches in the village: the lower church, St. Michael's (new, with a capacity of 200 parishioners, all church books, all new icons, and three bells) and the upper church (old, with a capacity of 100 parishioners).
In 1801, the village asked for funds to build a new church, as the existing ones were too small. The new church was built of spruce beams and the date of construction, 1808, was carved into the doorpost. This is again a classic "Intermountain Baroque" style. Of the three log cabins, the central one is the widest. The Babynets and the nave are covered by a common high roof, with a separate lower roof over the altar. The main façade is decorated with a porch gallery that has not yet been remodeled, and arcades of choir stalls. The tower has a peculiar Baroque ending with a flattened faceted dome. The fascia covers all the log cabins.
In the interior, the eastern and central log cabins are covered with arched vaults, and there is a flat ceiling over the Babinets. Inside, there are wonderful examples of folk carvings, some of which come from the old church. An inscription on the altar tells us the names of the carvers: Isavka Cherepanych and Ivan Baranyshynets completed the work on April 29, 1760. The bell tower is traditionally two-tiered, square in plan, with a wide dome. The large bell was cast by Franz Leherer in Presov, Slovakia, in 1832 at the expense of Ivan Teslevych. The two smaller ones were made by Karel Manoushek in the Czech city of Brno in 1924.
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We suggest these hiking trails through or near Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bukovets: Mount Zhyd-Mahura – Izky village, Volovets village, via Mount Stiy, Mount Zhyd-Mahura, Mount Hemba and Mount Velykyi Verkh to Volovets village, Kerechky village, via Mount Stiy, Mount Velykyi Verkh, Mount Hemba and Mount Zhyd-Mahura to Rychka village, Rychka village, via Mount Zhyd-Mahura, Mount Hemba, Shypit Waterfall and Mount Velykyi Verkh to Volovets, Synevyr Pass, via Mizhhiria, Mount Zhyd-Mahura, Mount Hemba and Shypit Waterfall to Volovets, Tiushka village, via Mount Zhyd-Mahura, Mount Hemba and Mount Velykyi Verkh to Volovets




