Saint John the Evangelist church in Skoryky

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Saint John the Apostle Church (Ukrainian: Церква Іоанна Богослова) is a complex architectural monument of national importance and monumental art, dating from the 17th–early 18th centuries, which is the architectural dominant feature of the Skoryky in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The wooden church belongs to the archaic regional type and is one of the most characteristic examples of the Podillia school of folk architecture. It is a three-section, three-part, three-roofed (three-gabled) structure consisting of a larger nave and identical smaller altar and narthex.

The lower part of the unclad log walls is protected by a wide eave on curved brackets. Above it rise log structures that transition into octagons, which support octagonal tent roofs with finials, with the middle roof above the nave being significantly higher, forming a distinctive silhouette. The interior of the narthex has a two-tiered structure with choirs, connected to the nave by a figured arch-cutout.

The church has preserved a six-tiered carved gilded iconostasis of the 18th century with a dynamic composition containing icons in the style of Baroque painting. The church was restored in 1989–1991, and the iconostasis...