The church in Andrushivka
was built in 1719 and was called Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin (Tserkva Rizdva Bohorodytsi). Sadly
the church was totally destroyed in 2005.
The church was closed in 1934, but it wasn't destroyed except for the church's cupolas. It's said that
the church had three or four green-painted cupolas of different sizes. Of course there also were many icons in the
church, but those have been stolen and sold over the years. The walls and ceilings had beautiful paintings. The church was surrounded by a nice iron fence and there was a gate made of bricks and iron.
The church was opened again during the German occupation of Ukraine 1941–1944. Then after the war it was once again closed as a church, but still not destroyed. Instead it was used as a cinema for some time and then for storing. But from the 1960s it was just left standing.
Over the years the building started to deteriorate and people also took away parts from it. Soon the roof also was gone. But the walls were still standing for many years. Remaining paintings on the walls and
ceilings showed have beautiful the interior of the church once must
have been.
But in the year of 2005 the church was totally destroyed by order of the priest in the neighbouring village Plyskiv. Supossedly because he wanted money from the villagers. Although it was just the walls that were still standing in 2005 it was a hard job to destroy it since it was well-built. Under a panel-work the church was built of logs dovetailed at corners.
The priest lived in a wooden-house further to the north in the village. It was later used as a club and in the 1950s it was destroyed and a new bigger village club was built on the site. The old village cemetery was situated just east of the priest's house and close to the pond. This old cemetery was closed in the 1930s. The present village cemetery is situated on the eastern outskirts of the village. No marked graves older than from the 1930s can be found here. There is a small burial chapel at this cemetery.
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