The Dominican Church of St. Nicholas, located at the highest point of the Old Town, is considered one of the oldest churches in Kamianets-Podilskyi. The Dominican monastery in Kamianets-Podilskyi was first mentioned in 1372. The church was wooden, and in 1420 it burned to the ground.
New life of the monastery in the XVI century. gave the Potocki family, who cared for the Dominicans. During the Turkish rule, the church was rebuilt as a mosque in honor of the beloved wife of Sultan Haseki - Rabia Gul-Nush. A white stone Muslim pulpit has been installed in it, which has survived to this day.
The flourishing of the Catholic shrine in the heart of Kamyanets-Podilsky begins at the turn of the XVI-XVII centuries - the monastery receives a stone cell building instead of a wooden one.
During the short Turkish rule (1672-1699) of the Dominican monastery complex (despite the conversion into a mosque), architectural changes related to the change of religion were practically not affected, except for the installation of a fountain and a minbar on its territory. ethnic sermon) and the tombstone of the daughter of one of the Ottoman high-ranking officials.
To eliminate all traces of Muslim presence in the walls of Christian shrines, large-scale construction work began under the leadership of Jan de Witte (1716-1785) with the financial support of the Potocki family, which changed as an external and the interior (baroque elements were introduced into the interior, the bell tower was rebuilt) of the existing buildings of the Kamyanets-Podilsky Dominican monastery complex.
The stone cell complex (1596) of the Dominican Monastery of St. Nicholas was laid out as a one-story U-shaped building with a refectory adjacent to the east, but during a major reconstruction in the mid-18th century acquired a second floor and confined space to a single perimeter. The interior, which is not sophisticated, is created according to the corridor scheme with one-sided arrangement of services. From the exterior decoration it is worth noting the main western entrance - the emblem of the Franciscan Order in a cartouche, with a crown and surrounded by military armor in a triangular tympanum, and an arched gallery on the first floor of the eastern and southern interior facades.
The complete restoration of the Church of St. Nicholas was completed in 1754 at the expense of MF Potocki. On the facade under the emblem of the monastic order you can see the sculpture "Dog with a torch" (Dominicans called themselves "dogs of the Lord").
To the left of the church is a two-story house in which Potocki lived.
Immediately after the Right Bank of Ukraine came under the rule of the Russian Empire in 1793, Empress Catherine II (1729-1796) signed a decree establishing the Podolsk Episcopate of the Orthodox Church, which inevitably led to the decline of Catholicism and the decline of its churches and denominations. For the Dominican monastery of St. Nicholas, these events were fatal - its activities as a temple of God came to naught; began a phase of decline associated with the rapid change of ownership - secular organizations. Seminary, art school, museum, public library, shelter - only an incomplete list of them for some seventy years before the First World War (1914-1918).
The official recognition of the complex of the Kamenets monastery with the church of St. Nicholas as an architectural monument of national importance took place only after the Second World War (1939-1945). It was then that funds began to be allocated for the restoration of the temple, which was badly damaged during the fighting, and its premises were given to the historical archives.
By the end of the 1970s, the renovated Dominican temple complex once again shone with all the facets of its former beauty, when the church bell tower was crowned with a copper dome and the western monastery building received new attire. But this was not the end of a series of sad events that haunt the Catholic shrine in the heart of old Kamyanets - in 1994, the roof of the restored bell tower was completely destroyed in a fire.
It was not until 1998 that the former Dominican monastery complex was re-established by the Servants of God, with the Catholic Order of the Pauline Fathers (Brotherhood of St. Paul the First Hermit) rebuilding the church.
New life of the monastery in the XVI century. gave the Potocki family, who cared for the Dominicans. During the Turkish rule, the church was rebuilt as a mosque in honor of the beloved wife of Sultan Haseki - Rabia Gul-Nush. A white stone Muslim pulpit has been installed in it, which has survived to this day.
The flourishing of the Catholic shrine in the heart of Kamyanets-Podilsky begins at the turn of the XVI-XVII centuries - the monastery receives a stone cell building instead of a wooden one.
During the short Turkish rule (1672-1699) of the Dominican monastery complex (despite the conversion into a mosque), architectural changes related to the change of religion were practically not affected, except for the installation of a fountain and a minbar on its territory. ethnic sermon) and the tombstone of the daughter of one of the Ottoman high-ranking officials.
To eliminate all traces of Muslim presence in the walls of Christian shrines, large-scale construction work began under the leadership of Jan de Witte (1716-1785) with the financial support of the Potocki family, which changed as an external and the interior (baroque elements were introduced into the interior, the bell tower was rebuilt) of the existing buildings of the Kamyanets-Podilsky Dominican monastery complex.
The stone cell complex (1596) of the Dominican Monastery of St. Nicholas was laid out as a one-story U-shaped building with a refectory adjacent to the east, but during a major reconstruction in the mid-18th century acquired a second floor and confined space to a single perimeter. The interior, which is not sophisticated, is created according to the corridor scheme with one-sided arrangement of services. From the exterior decoration it is worth noting the main western entrance - the emblem of the Franciscan Order in a cartouche, with a crown and surrounded by military armor in a triangular tympanum, and an arched gallery on the first floor of the eastern and southern interior facades.
The complete restoration of the Church of St. Nicholas was completed in 1754 at the expense of MF Potocki. On the facade under the emblem of the monastic order you can see the sculpture "Dog with a torch" (Dominicans called themselves "dogs of the Lord").
To the left of the church is a two-story house in which Potocki lived.
Immediately after the Right Bank of Ukraine came under the rule of the Russian Empire in 1793, Empress Catherine II (1729-1796) signed a decree establishing the Podolsk Episcopate of the Orthodox Church, which inevitably led to the decline of Catholicism and the decline of its churches and denominations. For the Dominican monastery of St. Nicholas, these events were fatal - its activities as a temple of God came to naught; began a phase of decline associated with the rapid change of ownership - secular organizations. Seminary, art school, museum, public library, shelter - only an incomplete list of them for some seventy years before the First World War (1914-1918).
The official recognition of the complex of the Kamenets monastery with the church of St. Nicholas as an architectural monument of national importance took place only after the Second World War (1939-1945). It was then that funds began to be allocated for the restoration of the temple, which was badly damaged during the fighting, and its premises were given to the historical archives.
By the end of the 1970s, the renovated Dominican temple complex once again shone with all the facets of its former beauty, when the church bell tower was crowned with a copper dome and the western monastery building received new attire. But this was not the end of a series of sad events that haunt the Catholic shrine in the heart of old Kamyanets - in 1994, the roof of the restored bell tower was completely destroyed in a fire.
It was not until 1998 that the former Dominican monastery complex was re-established by the Servants of God, with the Catholic Order of the Pauline Fathers (Brotherhood of St. Paul the First Hermit) rebuilding the church.
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