Bohdan Khmelnytskyi's Castle
Castle is the castle site of the Khmelnytsky family estate, which is about 2 ...
The Church of the saint prophet Iliya in Subovit village is an architectural monument of the middle of the XVII century , which is national importance. It was built during 1651-1656 in order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky for religious needs and in the future as a tomb for hetman and his family. It’s built in a style of early Ukrainian baroque. The church is single-nave, with a faceted six-walled apse, which is covered with a gabled roof with a bend. It is carved of sandstone and gutter bricks, connected with lime mortar. It’s 23 meters high, 14,08 meters wide and the height of the wall is 7,35 meters.
The Church of the saint prophet Iliya in Subovit village is an architectural monument of the middle of the XVII century , which is national importance. It was built during 1651-1656 in order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky for religious needs and in the future as a tomb for hetman and his family. It’s built in a style of early Ukrainian baroque. The church is single-nave, with a faceted six-walled apse, which is covered with a gabled roof with a bend. It is carved of sandstone and gutter bricks, connected with lime mortar. It’s 23 meters high, 14,08 meters wide and the height of the wall is 7,35 meters.
Castle is the castle site of the Khmelnytsky family estate, which is about 2 ...
This church was included into the list of defensive structures of the Khmelnytsky castle in Subotiv. The walls of this cult building are proof, they could reach till 2 meters thickness . Also the proof are two tiers of loopholes and high windows.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky was buried in this church in 1657. However, it is unknown if the hetman's coffin still there at the burial place. The Chernihiv Chronicle of the XVIII century informs that a Polish detachment of Stefan Czarnecki, who captured Subotiv, threw Bohdan's body out of the coffin in 1664. But the possibility of this event is low.
Many versions and legends have been spread about the burial place of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, but none of them has been confirmed yet.
The church started slowly falling into disrepair during the XVIII-the first half of the XIX century. The church was restored at the request of the local priest Roman Orlovsky in 1862-1869. In 1874 was built a brick bell tower next to it, which was connected to the church by a gallery passage till 1977. During the Soviet era, the temple was repeatedly closed. Only in 1990 the worship in the Church of St. Iliya was resumed.
This church was included into the list of defensive structures of the Khmelnytsky castle in Subotiv. The walls of this cult building are proof, they could reach till 2 meters thickness . Also the proof are two tiers of loopholes and high windows.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky was buried in this church in 1657. However, it is unknown if the hetman's coffin still there at the burial place. The Chernihiv Chronicle of the XVIII century informs that a Polish detachment of Stefan Czarnecki, who captured Subotiv, threw Bohdan's body out of the coffin in 1664. But the possibility of this event is low.
Many versions and legends have been spread about the burial place of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, but none of them has been confirmed yet.
The church started slowly falling into disrepair during the XVIII-the first half of the XIX century. The church was restored at the request of the local priest Roman Orlovsky in 1862-1869. In 1874 was built a brick bell tower next to it, which was connected to the church by a gallery passage till 1977. During the Soviet era, the temple was repeatedly closed. Only in 1990 the worship in the Church of St. Iliya was resumed.