On the feast of St. Nicholas, in the village of Suskovo in Svaliava raion, the new Greek Catholic Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius and St. Nicholas was consecrated. This is 115th temple consecrated Bishop Milan since his episcopacy.
On the feast of St. Nicholas, in the village of Suskovo in Svaliava
raion, the new Greek Catholic Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius and
St. Nicholas was consecrated. This is 115th temple consecrated
Bishop Milan since his episcopacy.
The Greek Catholic Church had tried to reach accommodation with the Orthodox parish, and use the old church with alternate Liturgies. The Orthodox failed to implement this, even after the Greek Catholic believers had the support of the village council.
Background:
In 1691 the old wooden church was built with riven oak, that stood on
the eastern slope of the after the desolation of the village in 1677
during local wars. According to tradition, during that war the
peasants took down the three church bells and buried them, but then
failed to find them. A new bell was installed in the wooden church in
1730.
After many floods, the priest Anton Silvay asked that a new church be
built. The brick building of Saint Nicholas was dedicated in 1868. This
was accomplished through the efforts of the famous writer and educator,
Father Ivan Silvaya and senior trustee Basil Sabov, who “worked more
than all” with his aide Vasily V. Rusin. In 1898 the imperial ministry
allocated 100 guilders for the completion of the interior decoration
with a complete iconostas.
The Orthodox installed a new iconostas in 1992, but saved the old altar and baldochino.
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PROJECTS. PLEASE BE AS GENEROUS AS YOU CAN IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, IN
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