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The Roman Catholic '''Church of the Assumption of Mary''' ({{langx|uk|костел Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії}}) was a church located on the corner of the ''Commercial'' ''Street'' ({{langx|uk|вулиця Торгова|label=[[Ukrainian language|ukr]]}}) and the ''Italian Street'' ({{langx|uk|вулиця Італійська|label=[[Ukrainian language|ukr]]}}) in the city of [[Mariupol]] in Ukraine, as part of the Russian [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol (Russia)|Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol]]. The church was consecrated to the [[Assumption of Mary]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yarutskii |first=Lev Davydovych (Яруцкий, Лев Давидович) |title=Мариупольские храмы вчера и сегодня (Churches of Mariupol yesterday and today) |publisher=Centre for Engineering and Social Development |year=1991 |location=Mariupol}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Yarutskii |first=Lev, Davydovych (Яруцкий, Лев Давидович) |title=Мариупольская старина (History of Mariupol) |publisher=Centre for Engineering and Social Development |year=1991 |location=Mariupol}}</ref>
The Roman Catholic Church in Mariupol, also known as "the church of the Italians" was a church located in the city of Mariupol in Ukraine .

== History ==
== History ==
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[[File:Мариуполь, Католическая церковь.png|left|thumb|188x188px]]
Between 1858 and 1860 a stone building was built and consecrated in 1860. In 1860 the Catholic Church in Mariupol, also known as "the church of the Italians" was built. The Italians in Mariupol exported grain and imported citrus fruits and spices. In Soviet times the church was destroyed in 1936.<ref name="old110218">[http://old-mariupol.com.ua/dlya-postrojki-kakogo-xrama-yunyj-arxip-prinimal-kirpichi/ Сергей БУРОВ: ''Для постройки какого храма юный Архип принимал кирпичи? ''] old-mariupol.com.ua</ref><ref name="old110606">[http://old-mariupol.com.ua/chetvertyj-den-ekskursii-%E2%80%93-25-marta/ ''ЧЕТВЕРТЫЙ ДЕНЬ ЭКСКУРСИИ – 25 МАРТА ''] old-mariupol.com.ua</ref>
Italian Catholic settlement began in Mariupol in the 1820s. The first settlers were sea captains, followed by merchants.<ref name="italian gulag"></ref>


The Italian Church parish community was founded in 1853, after priests from German-speaking areas preached there for a long time. The Italian community received permission to build their own church from Russian Emperor [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]] on 15 November 1853 in a decree signed at [[Gatchina]].<ref name="italian gulag">{{cite book |editor1-last=Dundovich |editor1-first=Elena |editor2-last=Guercetti |editor2-first=Emanuela |editor3-last=Gori |editor3-first=Francesca |title=Reflections on the Gulag: With a Documentary Index on the Italian Victims of Repression in the USSR |volume=37|date=2003 |publisher=Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltinelli |isbn=9788807990588 |page=147 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2FGqiDKFysC&dq=italian+church+Mariupol&pg=PA148 |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> Thus it was possible to continue the construction in February 1854, which had initially begun on 5 November 1853. The funding of the construction was possible due to the sponsorship of Italian Catholics, who were active in trading primarily grain, but also citrus fruits and spices. They agreed to a voluntary tax on every quarter (210 liters) of grain they sold to build a church.<ref name="italian gulag"></ref><ref name="old110218">[http://old-mariupol.com.ua/dlya-postrojki-kakogo-xrama-yunyj-arxip-prinimal-kirpichi/ Сергей БУРОВ: ''Для постройки какого храма юный Архип принимал кирпичи? ''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621193833/https://old-mariupol.com.ua/dlya-postrojki-kakogo-xrama-yunyj-arxip-prinimal-kirpichi/ |date=2021-06-21 }} old-mariupol.com.ua</ref><ref name="old110606">[http://old-mariupol.com.ua/chetvertyj-den-ekskursii-%E2%80%93-25-marta/ ''ЧЕТВЕРТЫЙ ДЕНЬ ЭКСКУРСИИ – 25 МАРТА ''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422185511/http://old-mariupol.com.ua/chetvertyj-den-ekskursii-%e2%80%93-25-marta/ |date=2022-04-22 }} old-mariupol.com.ua</ref> At the time the name ''Italians'' also encompassed southern Slavic people of the Austrian Adriatic coast.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Stefanski |first=Alexander |date=2007 |title=История прихода |url=http://kostel-mari.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_27.html |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=kostel-mari.blogspot.com |language=ru}}</ref>
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File:Мариуполь, Католическая церковь.png|
The Italian consul in the city, Gerbulini, and a businessman, Stepan Membeli, promoted the starting of the project and the continued construction.<ref name="italian gulag"></ref> The painter [[Arkhip Kuindzhi]] was involved in registration of the bricks, but can be eliminated as being the architect, as he was 11 years old at the time. Due to the [[Crimean War]] the [[grain trade]] broke down and the construction of the church was halted. Further construction was then made possible due to a large donation from Italian King [[Victor Emmanuel II|Vittorio Emanuele II]]. Construction was completed in 1860. The first service was on 18 October 1860, attended by Bishop [[Wincenty Lipski]], the auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol (Russia)|Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol]].<ref name="old110218" /><ref name="old110606" />
File:Мариуполь. Вид на гостиницу Петербург, базар и Слободку.jpg|
[[File:Мариуполь. Вид на гостиницу Петербург, базар и Слободку.jpg|left|thumb]]
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As the church was the only Catholic church in the city for a long time, it was only referred to as ''The Catholic Church (''{{Langx|ru|Католическая церковь or Католический костёл}}'').'' In addition the church was known as ''The Italian Church'', even long time after the decline of the Italian community.<ref name="old110606" />

As of 1919, the church had 3,500 parishioners, most of whom were not Italian.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zugger |first1=Christopher Lawrence |title=The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin Through Stalin |date=2001 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |page=54 |isbn=9780815606796 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnUnJ7X10BMC&dq=italian+church+Mariupol&pg=PA544 |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

The church was destroyed by the [[Soviet Union]] upon urge of the ''Union of the Godless of Ukraine'' ({{langx|uk|Спілка войовничих безвірників України|label=[[Ukrainian language|ukr]]}}), who belonged to the [[League of Militant Atheists]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=#ТутВарто дружити містами {{!}} Самбір • Маріуполь туристичне місто |url=https://mistomariupol.com.ua/uk/tutvarto-druzhiti-mistami-sambir/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=mistomariupol.com.ua |language=uk}}</ref> Like the Orthodox churches and the Jewish synagogue in the city, the Catholic church was looted and blown up in the early 1930s.<ref name="italian gulag"></ref>

== Literature ==

* Teachers of the Alexandrovsk Male Gymnasium (1892). Timoshevski, Hrihorii Ivanovych (ed.). ''Мариуполь и его окрестности'' (Mariupol and its Surroundings). Mariupol: Frantov Letterpress

== See also ==
* [[Church of the Assumption of Mary, Mariupol (orthodox)]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Commonscat|Catholic Church in Mariupol}}

[[Category:1860 establishments in the Russian Empire]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1860]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in the 1930s]]
[[Category:1930s disestablishments in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Mariupol]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Mariupol]]
[[Category:Italian diaspora by country]]
[[it:Chiesa cattolica (Mariupol')]]
[[Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Assumption of Mary]]

Latest revision as of 21:44, 20 November 2024

Church of the Assumption of Mary
Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of Mary (Ukrainian: костел Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії)
Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of Mary
Church of the Assumption of Mary is located in Ukraine
Church of the Assumption of Mary
Church of the Assumption of Mary
47°06′34″N 37°33′43.8″E / 47.10944°N 37.562167°E / 47.10944; 37.562167
LocationMariupol
CountryUkraine
History
StatusChurch
DedicationAssumption of Mary
Architecture
Functional statusdestroyed
Completed1860
Demolished1936
Specifications
MaterialsBrick
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol

The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of Mary (Ukrainian: костел Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії) was a church located on the corner of the Commercial Street (ukr: вулиця Торгова) and the Italian Street (ukr: вулиця Італійська) in the city of Mariupol in Ukraine, as part of the Russian Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol. The church was consecrated to the Assumption of Mary.[1][2]

History

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Italian Catholic settlement began in Mariupol in the 1820s. The first settlers were sea captains, followed by merchants.[3]

The Italian Church parish community was founded in 1853, after priests from German-speaking areas preached there for a long time. The Italian community received permission to build their own church from Russian Emperor Nicholas I on 15 November 1853 in a decree signed at Gatchina.[3] Thus it was possible to continue the construction in February 1854, which had initially begun on 5 November 1853. The funding of the construction was possible due to the sponsorship of Italian Catholics, who were active in trading primarily grain, but also citrus fruits and spices. They agreed to a voluntary tax on every quarter (210 liters) of grain they sold to build a church.[3][4][5] At the time the name Italians also encompassed southern Slavic people of the Austrian Adriatic coast.[6]

The Italian consul in the city, Gerbulini, and a businessman, Stepan Membeli, promoted the starting of the project and the continued construction.[3] The painter Arkhip Kuindzhi was involved in registration of the bricks, but can be eliminated as being the architect, as he was 11 years old at the time. Due to the Crimean War the grain trade broke down and the construction of the church was halted. Further construction was then made possible due to a large donation from Italian King Vittorio Emanuele II. Construction was completed in 1860. The first service was on 18 October 1860, attended by Bishop Wincenty Lipski, the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol.[4][5]

As the church was the only Catholic church in the city for a long time, it was only referred to as The Catholic Church (Russian: Католическая церковь or Католический костёл). In addition the church was known as The Italian Church, even long time after the decline of the Italian community.[5]

As of 1919, the church had 3,500 parishioners, most of whom were not Italian.[7]

The church was destroyed by the Soviet Union upon urge of the Union of the Godless of Ukraine (ukr: Спілка войовничих безвірників України), who belonged to the League of Militant Atheists.[6][8] Like the Orthodox churches and the Jewish synagogue in the city, the Catholic church was looted and blown up in the early 1930s.[3]

Literature

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  • Teachers of the Alexandrovsk Male Gymnasium (1892). Timoshevski, Hrihorii Ivanovych (ed.). Мариуполь и его окрестности (Mariupol and its Surroundings). Mariupol: Frantov Letterpress

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Yarutskii, Lev Davydovych (Яруцкий, Лев Давидович) (1991). Мариупольские храмы вчера и сегодня (Churches of Mariupol yesterday and today). Mariupol: Centre for Engineering and Social Development.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Yarutskii, Lev, Davydovych (Яруцкий, Лев Давидович) (1991). Мариупольская старина (History of Mariupol). Mariupol: Centre for Engineering and Social Development.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e Dundovich, Elena; Guercetti, Emanuela; Gori, Francesca, eds. (2003). Reflections on the Gulag: With a Documentary Index on the Italian Victims of Repression in the USSR. Vol. 37. Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltinelli. p. 147. ISBN 9788807990588. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b Сергей БУРОВ: Для постройки какого храма юный Архип принимал кирпичи? Archived 2021-06-21 at the Wayback Machine old-mariupol.com.ua
  5. ^ a b c ЧЕТВЕРТЫЙ ДЕНЬ ЭКСКУРСИИ – 25 МАРТА Archived 2022-04-22 at the Wayback Machine old-mariupol.com.ua
  6. ^ a b Stefanski, Alexander (2007). "История прихода". kostel-mari.blogspot.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  7. ^ Zugger, Christopher Lawrence (2001). The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin Through Stalin. Syracuse University Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780815606796. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. ^ "#ТутВарто дружити містами | Самбір • Маріуполь туристичне місто". mistomariupol.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-06-28.
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