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Cemetery in Cherchy Podolske

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Cemetery in Cherchy Podolske

The cemetery in Czerczy Podolskie is located in the western part of the village on the left side of the road to Zarechanka. The relatively well-preserved cemetery is surrounded by a wall with an entrance gate. The central object of the necropolis is the cemetery chapel. The preserved inscriptions indicate that it was established in the first half of the 19th century. Several tombstones date from this time. The oldest ones commemorate Julianna Tuska, who died in 1827, and a cholera victim, Konstancja Lachowiecka, who died in 1831. The monument is in the shape of a "Podolski" cross.

The vast majority are tombstones from the second half of the 19th century and the first three decades of the 20th century. According to Zbigniew Hauser, these are mainly graves of local nobility. The monuments represent different types of tombstones. The most impressive ones are located in the centre of the cemetery and belong to the parish priests of Čerčece: a pedestal column with an inscription entwined with a bas-relief vine garland topped with a knotted cross (1914) or a stone monument topped with an obelisk (1919), as well as a magnificent stone sarcophagus erected to commemorate the benefactor of the church in Čerče (1896). Attention is drawn to tombstones with full-figure sculptures: The Mroczkowski and Machnicki tombstones topped with a statue of Our Lady with Child from the 1860s or the Witwicki tombstone with a statue of a woman leading a child, unfortunately damaged, from the end of the 19th century and several tombstones with a statue of Christ. The Sarneckis' gravestone is also distinctive - Benedykt Sarnecki was a Knight of the Military Cross and Legion of Honour. The monument is decorated with the figure of a woman with a child at her feet, embracing a cross. The arms of the cross have not survived. There is also a badly damaged unnamed tomb in the cemetery - local tradition has it that it belonged to the Brodzinski family, owners of the village before the Bolshevik Revolution. Zbigniew Hauser also mentions epitaphs on marble plaques in the parish church: of the bishops of Kamieniec and of a benefactor who contributed to the restoration of the church, buried in the cemetery right next to the local parish priests.

Bibliography:

  • Hauser Zbigniew, „Podróże po cmentarzach Ukrainy”, t. IV, „Województwa: wołyńskie, podolskie, bracławskie i kijowskie”, Kraków 2009, s. 234-238.

Author:

Alicja Czuber-Filonik
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