history of the church

The Nova Sich existed from 1734 to 1775. It was a fortress consisting of three parts: the suburbs, gates and Kosh, which was the main fortification with a square and chicken coops. The Cathedral Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God was also located on the territory of the latter. It was wood.

On June 4, 1775, by order of Catherine II, the Nova Sich was destroyed and the Cossack liberties were revoked. Enemy soldiers damaged and looted the richly decorated church. The Nikopolnews publication cites one of the clergy’s reports describing the robbery of the church: “Church utensils were taken, such as vessels, whole chalices, silver royal doors, Bibles, goblets, discs, stars, copies, crosses, local icons with silver plates, and all other pictures of silver plates, consecration bread, candlesticks, censers, lamps and all to the last. silver, why is the church deprived of the service of God.”

Eventually the church itself was ordered to be closed and a new one to be built. This was delayed for a while, but was finally erected in 1798. It was a small and now stone building. Local residents were able to salvage some valuables from the old church and moved them to the new one.

The new stone church existed until 1954, when the communists completed the construction of the Kakhov reservoir, forcibly resettled people and flooded this area.. Most of the relics were removed from it, or rather stolen, by representatives of the Soviet authorities. A few valuables that people were able to save are in the Intercession Museum today. This is the key of the Sichov church, a cross, a trophy from the Zaporozhian Cossacks, a Cossack pipe, the remains of a sword, etc.

Now visible at the bottom, where the water parted, were the remains of this stone church. A video of the ruins was posted on the Internet.

The church under the Kakhov reservoir: video

As the NV publication noted, the church in Pokrovsk was painted by Taras Shevchenko himself. One of Pokrovsky made several sketches with a church. According to some researchers, it was here that he began working on the poem “The Blind Man”.

Oleksandr Dovzhenko also described it this way: “…the last memory of the church. I am sixty years old. I have not believed in God since I was fifteen and have not gone to church since. But I regretted that there was no God in the village of Pokrovsky. I desperately wanted him to appear for at least five minutes and, seeing the ancient architectural monument erected in honor of the mother of God, destroyed by the scoundrels, punish the dark and vile Jews who committed this vile act with a violent death. Farewell, Pokrovski. Your faith in the non-existent God has not waned. diminishing beauty”.

This is far from the only finding made in recent days after the water disappeared from the Kakhov reservoir. Earlier, videos appeared on the network showing the remains of a cemetery with a large number of human remains left on the surface. It is not clear what period of history they belong to. Also found are the remains of other buildings, as well as enemy shells.

Graves under the Kakhov reservoir: video