Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Lutsk
The Trinity Cathedral in Lutsk
The Trinity Cathedral, originally a Roman Catholic Saint Bernard monastery church, is a national symbol of Ukraine. It is located on the Theatre Square in Lutsk. From 1721 the Monastery of Saint Bernard was the Order. The monastery church was completed under the supervision of architect Paweł Giżycki in 1789. In the second half of the 19th century, the complex was taken from the St. Bernards and handed over to the Orthodox community in Lutsk. In the 1870s, the church was rebuilt, we added a bell tower above the narthex and the dome over the crossing. Since 1880, the church serves as Orthodox Cathedral, now known as the Trinity Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate. This former convent houses a library and small shops.
History
Documentary sources confirm the existence of a Christian Church in the 15th century. She was out of town on a hill. In the 1640s the church was passed with the support of King Wladyslaw IV Vasa the Bernardine Order. Near the monastery church next to the St. Bernard Cemetery Chapel of Weeping Christ was built. In 1648 the church was robbed in an attack of the Cossacks. In 1696, the wooden church burned down. An organist lit it to conceal a theft.
In 1720, we financed the construction of a new, this time stone monastery (of the church was still not possible). Stifter was a member of the noble Radziwill, the 16,000 donated an amount of 40,000 zloty for the monastery and for the underground passages. The architect Paweł Giżycki planned the church in the Baroque style, the founder was Prince Karol Stanisław Radziwill. Although the church was built for the St. Bernard, it was typical Jesuit. The construction of the church was completed in 1789.
In 1793, Russian troops captured the complex and used it until 1800, when the military camp. In the early 19th century, a part of the monastery was used as a residence of the Archbishop Kazimierz Cieciszowski Kasper, who reached the withdrawal of troops from the monastery.
As Volhynia became part of the Russian Empire, the area for the first 30-40 years, remained autonomous and had a cultural, religious, legal and administrative special status as a former province of Poland - Lithuania. In the 1830s the Russian government abolished this autonomy and suppressed in 1831, the Catholic Church. Then many Volhynian churches and monasteries were closed. In 1853, the closure of the St. Bernard monastery was requested. The monks of this order left the city. The church was handed over to the Orthodox community of Lutsk. 1876 began the church under the direction of architect K. Rastruchanow rebuild. The two-storey gallery connecting the former church of the monastery was demolished. In the center was erected a large dome and a bell tower above the narthex, changes that approximate the former Catholic church of Russian church architecture.
Between 1920 and 1930 belonged to the territory to the Volhynian Second Polish Republic. Lutsk was again capital of the Volyn province. The monastery was the administration of the province. After the Second World War, it was the militia administration, an investigation department of the NNWS, their headquarters Later, the Faculty of History of the Pedagogical Institute has been connected. Since 12 August 1992, the Trinity Cathedral is the cathedral of the Volhynian Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Architecture
The floor plan of the monastery is horseshoe- shaped, the church is located in the center of it. Your crossing is located in the center of the curve of this semicircle. The architecture of the front of today's Cathedral was modified by the Baroque style in a mixed, baroque - classicist. The facade was three storeys. Vertical axes, which are decorated with pilasters divide the main facade of the cathedral, where the entrance is.
There are eight columns in addition to the small altars in the cathedral, sharing the nave and the side aisles. The wall paintings are characterized by bright and vibrant colors, there are hardly any dark colors. The interior design includes both the Orthodox and Catholic canon elements such as a pulpit and place for an organ. The altar is a gilded iconostasis made of oak is in the pseudo- Russian style of the 19th century. The royal door consists of two parts with openwork carvings.
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Former convent building
Stained glass window
Cross