Church of the Ascension, UNESCO

The Yasinya community is rich in cultural and architectural monuments inherited from previous generations. Each monument reflects our heritage, historical past and achievements. The Church of the Ascension is an architectural monument of national importance that was built in 1824.  The iconostasis has been preserved inside the church since its construction. In 2013, the church became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

The church consists of five parts of timber-framed walls, with smaller square wings adjoining the larger central part on all sides, cross-shaped parts covered with a gable roof with conical tops at the edges. The central part of the temple turns into an octagon, covered with an octagonal hipped roof, with a tiny tower, with a double helmet. The entire church is wrapped around a wide lower canopy, and the beams protruding from the timbered wall form the supporting consoles. Starting from the level of the canopy, the building is protected from above by vertical shingles. The church’s iconostasis has been repainted, and based on its structural elements, it can be assumed that it was created before the church was built (in the second half of the eighteenth century).

The church is one of the most perfect wooden churches in the entire Hutsul region. There is some magic in the proportions of the side and central parts, in the smoothly hewn logs of the log cabins, in the shingle roofs and in the small lanterns above them.