A witness to history on the hill of Tisno
ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH
The earliest reference of the Church of St. Andrew dates back to 1606. Its title was first mentioned in a 1676 testament written in Glagolitic script. The church is located on a hill in in the neighborhood known as Rat. It can be described as a 10 m long, and 6,30 m wide rectangular-shaped zvonikom na preslicu na pročelju i malom rozetom nad njom. Današnji oblici otvora odgovaraju nekoj kasnijoj pregradnji kada je crkva povišena. S južne strane prezidana je bolotura koja vodi do hora, što je element koji se susreće kod većine crkvi na otoku. U crkvu su doneseni kipovi Sv. Roka, Sv. Terezije, Sv. Magdalene, Sv. Josipa, Sv. Ante Padovanskog i Gospe Ružarice. „Imovinu ove crkve kao i Sv. Martina i Ilije oduzela je francuska vlada 1809. godine.”
THE LEGEND OF THE LIGHTNING STRIKE ON THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD.
Until the Ascension Day of 1943, the service was held only on the 30th, i.e. on the feast of Saint Andrew. On that day, thunder hit the church. Popular tradition has it that everyone besides the minister fainted, while Bogoslav Mić died. The reconstruction of the church began in the late 1960s, and continued until around 1980 when it was finally finished. Service was regularly held there until 1990. However, it is no longer in use.
Source:
STOŠIĆ, K.: Sela šibenskog kotora, Šibenik, 1941., p.208
JURAN, K., SORIĆ, S. : Spomenici sakralnoga graditeljstva na otoku Murteru,
Toponimija otoka Murtera. Zadar, Sveučilište u Zadru, 2010, p.97-1217
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