Saints Borys and Hlib Church, Shumliany

Saints Borys and Hlib Church (Ukrainian: Церква Святих Мучеників Бориса і Гліба) is a parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Shumliany, Saranchuky rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It is an architectural monument of national importance.^[1]

Saints Borys and Hlib church
Церква Святих Мучеників Бориса і Гліба
Church of the OCU
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Location
Location	Shumliany, Saranchuky rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Geographic coordinates	49°17′19″N 24°52′26″E
Architecture
Completed	1711

History

An ancient oak church stands on a picturesque hill in the village, built between 1696 and 1711, as evidenced by the numbers carved on a rafter. According to legends, there was once a male monastery near the village, and not far away, in the forest, there is a "Ksiondzova Krynytsia" (Priest's Well).^[2]

Next to the church stands a stone cross, which is the gravestone of Mrs. Shumlianska, the mother of the Lviv bishop Yosyf Shumlianskyi.^[2]

A sculpture of the Mother of God is located in the churchyard, erected in 1924.^[2]

Various church rituals are held here, such as the blessing of water, Easter baskets, and vegetables on Spas. Young people gather to dance in circles and sing traditional haivky songs.^[2]

An old custom exists in the village: on Good Friday night, fires are lit near the church.^[2]

Priests

• Yoachhym^[2]
• Yanovych^[2]
• Hryhorii Levytskyi (1828–1855)^[2]
• Mykola Rybak (1856–1900)^[2]
• Lev Hrynevych (1901–1911)^[2]
• Petro Sterniuk (1911–1914)^[2]
• Yulian Dudkevych (1914–1924)^[2]
• Kornelii Kupetskyi (1924–1931)^[2]
• Mykola Starukh (1931–1940)^[2]
• Ivan Didukh (1940–1945)^[2]
• Petro Babuniak (1945–1947)^[2]
• Petro Seneta (1947–1949)^[2]
• Romylo Bohdanets (1949–1952)^[2]
• Ivan Voloshyn (1953–1966)^[2]
• Myron Martseliuk (1966–1969)^[2]
• Ivan Hura (1970–1971)^[2]
• Ivan Shevchuk (1972–1979)^[2]
• Ivan Yavorskyi (1979–1982)^[2]
• Vasyl Hanyshevskyi (1982–1984)^[2]
• Petro Fedav (1984–1985)^[2]
• Stepan Bilchuk (1985–1994)^[2]
• Yurii Terliuk (1994–1995)^[2]
• Petro Myskiv (November 1996–?)^[2]
• Volodymyr Punka (incumbent)^[2]