Description of the attraction
The temple of Mina, Victor and Vikentiy is located in the Kusva churchyard of the Pskov region. A village called Kusva was first mentioned in the chronicles of the 16th century, as well as in the Pskov chronicles of the early 17th century in the "Time of Troubles", which was associated with an enemy attack on the local lands located on the banks of the Great. The church was built in the 17th century.
In 1763, the church and the village of Kusva are listed as attributed to the bishop's house in Pskov - the very first description of the church, as well as bishops' buildings in the same churchyard, dates back to this very moment. The temple in the name of the holy martyrs Victor, Mina and Vincent is described as stone, having one throne; the church is covered with boards, has a plank head covered with scales, the small upper head is brazed with tin.
According to the decree of Empress Anna Ioannovna in 1730, the temple became completely independent. Throughout 1886, the southern chapel was built with donations from numerous parishioners, which was consecrated in the fall of October 16, 1888.
In 1895, a rather old three-pillar belfry was dismantled, and next to the narthex, a three-tiered bell tower with five bells was erected at the expense of the parishioners. In 1898, a festive bell was purchased, on which there is an inscription that it was produced at the Finnish factory in the city of Moscow in 1898 under the church priest John Preobrazhensky, as well as under the headman of the church Simeon. The weight of this bell reaches 88 pounds and 34 pounds.
The Church of the Martyrs Mina, Victor and Vincent is a one-apse, pillarless church, covered with a closed vault. Above the window openings, there are strikings, which bear a decorative octahedral drum with false windows and a baroque dome. The church head has a small wooden drum with a small head and a cross made of metal. From the western part to the quadrangle adjoins the vestibule, built simultaneously with the quadrangle. The overlap of the vestibule was carried out with the help of a box vault. Deck vaults are located above the existing openings. On the west side, a rectangular and three-tiered bell tower built in the 19th century adjoins the narthex wall. The window openings of the quadrangle are decorated in the form of elegant brick platbands, which consist of faceted and semicircular semicircular columns with ceramic tiles. In the inner part of the quadrangle, window openings are located on the south and north walls; windows are equipped with sandriks in the form of rollers equipped with stepped brackets. Not only the ceiling, but also the roof of the chapel located on the south side, as well as the walls and apses, have practically collapsed. The church of Mina, Victor and Vincent is built of limestone slabs and bricks.
The parish had four chapels, two wooden and two stone. The chapels, built of stone, were located in the village of Georgievskoye - this is a chapel in honor of the Great Martyr St. George the Victorious, erected in 1892 at the expense of parishioners, and a chapel in the village of Batkovichi, consecrated in honor of the Venerable Martyr Anastasia. Chapels built of wood were located in the villages of Zvenkovichi and Navolok, which were consecrated in honor of Saints Damian and Cosmas. The exact time of the construction of the chapels, as well as the names of the performers, are unknown.
There were no charitable institutions and parish guardianship at the church. One of the landowners of the village of Priyutino is the widow of Senator A. N. Kalger.- accurately realized the need for the process of enlightening the local population, sympathized with the enlightenment of the people in terms of Orthodoxy and knew the difficulties of building schools with local funds. Then she decided to turn to the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod in order to ask for the release of funds for the construction of a parish school in the village of Kusva. After that, the Synod allocated funds for the construction of the school. Kalger A. N. took a direct part in the construction process, allocating funds for a donation. In 1895, the school was built. At the moment, the church of Mina, Victor and Vincent is in ruins.
