Kamin-Kashyrskyi

Kamin-Kashyrskyi is a small town in the north of Volyn oblast, founded in 1196. In 1430 it was granted the Magdeburg right. From the beginning of the 15th century it is mentioned in written sources as the possession of the Sanguszko-Koshyrskyi dukes. The last of the descendants, Adam Sanguszko, Voivode of Podil and Volyn, founded the Dominican monastery and a Catholic church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Anthony in 1637.

The monastery operated until 1832, when the tsarist authorities of Russia closed it after the uprising of 1831. To this day, the brick chapel of the Dominican monastery has survived (8, Narodiv Lane, Kamin-Kashyrskyi, 44500).

As for the Catholic church, in the interwar period of the twentieth century it was used for religious services. In the Soviet times it was used first as a woodworking shop, then a confectionery shop and a bakery. The church building was rebuilt several times. Due to this intervention, its appearance and interior were completely distorted.

Today, the temple, forgotten by the God and people, is slowly dying. And only the traces of the former columns testify to the uniqueness of the building...

Old oak trees, probably of the same age as the Catholic church and the chapel, are rustling with ancient crowns nearby. Like courageous watchmen they are still standing guard over the historical past of the ancient Kamin-Kashyrskyi.

The local lore museum keeps a unique artefact - a fragment of a carved wooden Catholic altar which is believed to be the oldest one in Volyn oblast. The experts date it to the first half of the 17th century and assume that once it was an element of the church built at the cost of Duke Adam Sanguszko.

More information is available:

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