The ALIPH Foundation will finance the restoration of a 130-year-old stained glass window from the Church of St. John the Baptist

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The work of art was in extremely poor condition. 

About this reports the Lviv city council. 

In Lviv, a 130-year-old stained glass window with the image of the Immaculate Conception from the local landmark of the Church of St. John Chrysostom is going to be restored. Maria Shumska-Barvinok will carry out work on the restoration of the work of art. 

"The stained-glass window crumbled under my hands, it had many different defects and chips. The bond between the elements was destroyed. Therefore, simply protecting it with shields, similar to how it was done in other temples, is impossible. And the slightest shock wave or storm would destroy it," says the craftswoman.

Parts of the Immaculate Conception stained glass window. Photo: Public

Restoration will be difficult, because you need to study each element, find and fix all defects, take care of proper fastening.

"The peculiarity of such stained-glass windows is that most of the color is obtained by applying black and brown paints on colored glass. This type of decoration makes the stained glass very difficult in the restoration process, since the paint layer is thin and much more delicate than the glass, colored in the main mass", - notes the Department of the Protection of the Historical Environment of the LMR.

Stained glass element "Immaculate Conception". Photo: LMR

The Church of St. John the Chrysostom, the former Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the monastery of the Franciscans, located on the street. M. Lysenko. The author of the project is the architect Yulian Zaharievich. All three stained glass windows made in Munich by F. Mayer in 1887-1889 have been preserved in the interiors. 

By the way, at the beginning of March, a group of restorers led by Ruslana German carried out measures to secure valuable elements of the monument from possible damage due to military actions. The large stained-glass windows in the altar part were covered with special protective structures, but the round stained-glass window above the entrance had to be dismantled due to its poor condition.

 

 

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