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<h1>Church in Gorki</h1>
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<strong>Date:</strong> 2024-09-24 |
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<p>Gorki was part of Drohiczynski County, so it is worth mentioning the local church.</p>
<p>The exact date of its foundation is not known, but we will start from the oldest documents, which are available for this church.</p>
<p>Gorki is mentioned in the list of Christian Catholic settlements from 1726.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/1.png"
alt="List of Christian Catholic settlements 1726"
title="List 1726">
<figcaption>Document 1 — List of Christian Catholic settlements (1726)</figcaption>
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<p>RGIA has copies of the Uniate metric books of the Horeckiey church from 1748 to 1801.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/2.png"
alt="Uniate metric books 1748-1801"
title="RGIA metric books">
<figcaption>Document 2 — Uniate metric books (1748–1801)</figcaption>
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<p>There is also a mention of Gorki in the Uniate metric books of the Ilyinska church in 1774-1822. After the 3rd partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Gorki was part of the Kobrin district.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/3.png"
alt="Uniate metric books 1774-1822"
title="Ilyinska church">
<figcaption>Document 3 — Uniate metric books of Ilyinska church (1774–1822)</figcaption>
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<p>In 1815 a new church was built, it is not known for what reason the old one was destroyed or abandoned. At that time Gorki was already part of the Ivanovo deanery, Grodno diocese.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/4.png"
alt="New church built 1815"
title="Church 1815">
<figcaption>Document 4 — New church built (1815)</figcaption>
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<p>After the Polotsk Cathedral, the temple was handed over to the Orthodox. The Volyn archive contains Orthodox registers of births from 1843 to 1933.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/5.png"
alt="Orthodox registers 1843-1933"
title="Volyn archive">
<figcaption>Document 5 — Orthodox registers (1843–1933)</figcaption>
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<p>On Rittich's maps of 1864, there is a church marked in Gorki.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/6.png"
alt="Rittich map 1864"
title="Rittich map 1864">
<figcaption>Map 6 — Rittich map (1864)</figcaption>
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<p>Also worth mentioning are Rittich's maps for 1866-67.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/7.png"
alt="Rittich map 1866-1867"
title="Rittich map 1866-1867">
<figcaption>Map 7 — Rittich map (1866–1867)</figcaption>
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<p>The church was also marked on Russian maps of the early 20th century.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/8.png"
alt="Russian maps early XX century"
title="Russian maps">
<figcaption>Map 8 — Russian maps (early XX century)</figcaption>
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<p>During the Second Polish Empire the church was in operation, which is confirmed by existing metrics and Polish maps.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/9.png"
alt="Polish maps 1919-1938"
title="Polish maps">
<figcaption>Map 9 — Polish maps (1919–1938)</figcaption>
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<p>In 1944, the village was destroyed by partisans. There is a photograph of parishioners of the village of Gorki. Probably taken after the burning of the temple. Also, in the post-war period, the village was transferred to the Ukrainian SSR.</p>
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<img src="/image/gorki/10.png"
alt="Parishioners photo 1941-1945"
title="Parishioners">
<figcaption>Photo 10 — Parishioners of Gorki (1941–1945)</figcaption>
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<p>It is worth noting that the priest in the photo could be Fyodor Levon. But this information is not accurate.</p>
<p>According to a local resident of Gorki, Evdokia Andreyevna, the last priest before the church was burned was:</p>
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And what do I not remember? His father was Fedor Levon, and his mother was Nina. And they also had a son, Vitya, then he left for America. Father Fedir served in the war, his voice was so beautiful.
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<p>She also mentions that after the war a priest came to Gorki and tried to raise the temple from the ruins. But unfortunately nothing came of it, because there were very few people in the village, few young people and the communist party was not loyal to religion.</p>
<p>In modern times, already in modern Ukraine, a new church was built. The village of Gurki is now located in the Lyubeshovsky district, Volyn region, Ukraine.</p>
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alt="New church 2020"
title="New church">
<figcaption>Photo 11 — New church (2020)</figcaption>
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<h2>Links and information used in the material</h2>
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<li>https://ru.wikipedia.org/</li>
<li>State archive of the Volyn region</li>
<li>https://www.volyn.com.ua/news/2391-60-rokiv-bez-tserkvi.html</li>
<li>Valentyna Shchynko</li>
<li>https://lyubeshiv.rayon.in.ua/news/120462-iakimi-buli-parafiiani-staroyi-sviato-illinskoyi-tserkvi-v-seli-girki</li>
<li>https://www.facebook.com/groups/145322406314611</li>
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