In the early 20th century, the town of Lebedyn had five wooden churches: the Nativity, St. George, St. Nicholas, the Three Saints, and the Resurrection. Stepan Taranushenko researched and described four of them in his works. However, only the Resurrection Church has survived to this day. It is one of the oldest wooden churches in Sumy region, located in the northern suburb of Kobyzhcha. It is a vivid example of the Slobozhansk wooden church construction school. The original appearance of the church was restored after the destructions of 1937-1939. Initially, it was cross-shaped in plan, with five domes, and a bell tower added later. Currently, the main cross-shaped one-story volume with a central drum of a quadrangular shape with cut corners has been preserved. Each side has a quadrangular window with lattice frames. The dome has a flat octagonal bulbous shape with a small cupola on a low octagon. Above the side square arms of the cross and the altar rise smaller drums, repeating the composition of the main one. The narthex was rebuilt without the crowning drum.
Over its two and a half centuries of existence, the church has endured much, especially in the 1930s. At that time, there were plans to destroy it, but only the stone bell tower was dismantled. When they began to dismantle the building itself, a man who knocked down the cross from the main dome fell and died. This happened in front of parishioners who were in the church at that moment. Locals recall that the sight was so horrific that no one dared to touch the shrine again. The people of Lebedyn perceived this as God's punishment. The church was turned into a warehouse, but in the early 1990s, the temple was returned to the believers.
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