The wooden church of the Presentation of the Lord in Sulymivka is rightfully considered the ornament of the Yahotyn region. It is the only ancient church that has survived in the area. The last 16 churches were destroyed by the Soviet authorities, and one was burned down by robbers in 2010. The village of Sulymivka began as a small hamlet founded in 1754 by Colonel Ivan Sulyma of the Pereyaslav Regiment of the Zaporizhian Army on the banks of the Zhuravka River. In 1781, the right to own the hamlet was granted to the colonel’s wife, and later it was inherited by his sons. The population continued to grow, but there was no church in the village until the beginning of the 20th century.

The history of the Church of the Presentation of the Lord began in 1902, when a local resident, a transporter of pine forest named Pylyp Kyryk (or Kyrychenko, born in 1854), organized a fundraiser to build a church. On January 25, 1905, he received a collection book for the construction of the church from the Poltava Diocese. Even the local Polish nobility was interested in the appearance of the church. In particular, the wealthy owner of a large manor in Sulymivka, Yelizaveta Vilhelmivna Dzevonovska, donated land for the construction of the church. Later, at her own expense, she installed a gilded iconostasis in it. Her daughter Rosa donated a painted icon of the “Golgotha” to the church. Many people participated in the construction of the church, but Sofronii Maksymovych Dvornik, a hierodeacon who later became an archimandrite of the Gethsemane Chernihiv Skete of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, stood out in particular. After becoming a monk, he donated a plot of land that he owned for the priest’s house. Hierodeacon Sofronii also gathered significant material support for the construction of the church. Thanks to him and the funds of the monk Ioannykii, icons were painted for the iconostasis in the workshops of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

General Katerynych from the village of Genzerivka participated in the laying of the first stone. The construction of the church was led by local master Kabanov. Several years earlier, he had built a church in the neighboring village of Lozovyi Yar (which burned down in 2010) together with his carpenters. It is believed that they “practiced” on that church, and the church in Sulymivka turned out much better. The church of the Presentation of the Lord was built in the traditional architectural style of Cossack Baroque of the time – with one dome and an attached bell tower. High-quality red pine was used as the material for its construction. The rejected material was used for the construction of a school, which was later dismantled. The exterior of the church is painted in a sky-blue color, which is a symbol of the Mother of God, who brought the little Savior to the temple for consecration (the church is named after this holiday, the Presentation of the Lord). The outlines of the doors, windows, and corner intersections are highlighted in dark blue.

The windows of the church are not the same. On the first floor, they are narrow and elongated, decorated with figurative moldings, and on the bell tower and under the dome – arched (rounded at the top). On the intermediate floor of the bell tower, there are several small round windows. The eaves of the church is adorned with carved friezes that have cross-like and various geometric patterns. The combination of a round dome above the church and a cone-shaped belfry is interesting. During the Soviet era, the shrine practically ceased to function. After the German occupation, the church resumed its purpose. However, in 1958, the church was closed for a whole 30 years. It was then transformed into a grain storage facility, the doors were widened so that machines could enter directly into the church building. To make it easier for them to unload the grain onto the floor and exit without turning around, an opening was made in the wall of the altar, breaking the iconostasis in the process. The mural of the original church, which was made at a fairly high level, was carelessly painted over. The original paintings were preserved only on the walls of the vestibule (western part of the building) and on the sails under the vault of the church.

The church finally resumed its activity after Ukraine declared independence. At that time, a new winter altar was installed in honor of Saint John of Kronstadt. In 2005, the church celebrated its centenary. Shortly after the church holiday of the Presentation of the Lord, the icon of the Presentation was renewed and began to exude myrrh. That same year, the church was repaired: the old ceiling was replaced with a new iron one, and fresh crosses were installed.