Description of the attraction
The Church of the Intercession in the village of Poddubtsy is an architectural monument of the middle of the 18th century. The church was erected in 1745 by the famous Jesuit architect Pavel Gizhytsky and served as a Greek Catholic church.
Two centuries earlier, on the site of the Intercession Church, there was an Orthodox monastic skete with a wooden church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos. After some time, a village was formed near the skete. In 1596, after the Union of Brest, the church was transferred to the Uniates. In 1740, Princess Ludwika-Honorata, the wife of Stanislav Lubomirsky, the governor of Bratslav and Kiev, built a stone church. To create the project of the church, the Polish Jesuit architect Pavel Gizhytsky was invited, who was the author of the Bernardine church in the city of Lutsk, as well as the Jesuit collegium in Kremenets.
In 1745, the temple passed into the possession of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Mikhail Kazimir Radziwill, whose residence-castle was located in the village of Olyk. The prince allocated funds for the repair, decoration and decoration of the church.
The Church of the Intercession in Poddubtsy is an architectural monument of the late Baroque, with clearly defined order elements that characterize the transition to the classicism style. The cross-shaped church fits into the stone rotunda. The structure has twin turrets and a large dome on four sides, which stands on four powerful pillars and creates a nine-domed composition. This dome emphasizes the centricity of the composition and is characteristic of Volyn church architecture. The square and octagonal towers of the first and second tiers are dismembered by blades launched along the cornice. The windows of the church are framed with stucco frames. The facades with central portals are completed with baroque pediments and topped with a decorative cupola.
Oil painting of the 18th century has been preserved in the Church of the Intercession. The temple is included in the State Register of National Cultural Heritage.
