Russian Russian Prince Alexander Nevsky, who was elevated to the rank of saints of the Russian Orthodox Church, is a temple in honor of Alexander Nevsky. NEVSKY - because at the beginning of the XIII century, the prince saved Orthodoxy from the encroachments of Catholic crusaders on Lake Peipsi. At all times (after the baptism of Kievan Rus in 988), Catholics could not agree to the existence of the Orthodox faith. They marched in hordes against Russia and were rebuffed every time. European countries united and went to war against Russia again - Poles, Lithuanians, Swedes, Napoleon in 1812, Hitler gathered the whole of Europe against the USSR... In the future, history will give an assessment of the current military events ... the temple is about 300 years old. It was originally painted in white and orange colors, but a few decades ago the walls were covered with a cement "coat". The interior decoration was distinguished by artistic paintings on religious themes. Every year, on the second Sunday of September, the people celebrated the Temple Day. Guests and relatives from neighboring villages were gathering. At first, the priest held a morning service in the temple, and then the people had fun. For 20 years, Northern Bukovina was under the flag of Romania (following the results of the First World War), but the Romanians did not touch the temple, respected the Orthodox faith. And what the enemies of Orthodoxy could not do, an ordinary Jew with a Ukrainian surname in the role of president, without conscience and honor, ordered to renounce Orthodoxy on the territory of Ukraine, including in the village of Ivanovtsy. The Greek Catholics came and took over the church. Did the bells ring that day? The temple was built in the most beautiful place of the village at the crossroads. Century-old pine trees grew around the building; the fence (maybe brick, or maybe stone) is made in a religious style - the slabs are stacked so that cross-shaped holes are formed. Anyway, in the 60s of the last century it looked like this... I do not know if the graves of the abbots of the temple have been preserved in the courtyard. I must say that the village of Ivanovtsy was very beautiful initially. There is a huge fairground next to the temple, but in the 50s of the XX century it was planted with trees. Also in the center of the village there is a beautiful pond with weeping willows around (I can't know what condition it is in today). There was a parish school next to the temple, where I studied until the 4th grade, then I studied in the manor building - a beautiful one with huge floor-to-ceiling windows, with a portico and a family monogram. Probably, the landowner lived there. There was a beautiful park with lilac alleys and a high gazebo around the building. The hoary old man...

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