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General information about Krekhiv

The village of Krekhiv is located 10 kilometers west of Zhovkva, known for the Krekhiv monastery located here.

In documentary sources, the village of Krekhiv was first mentioned in 1456. The Krekhiv monastery was founded in a cave on a mountain near the village in 1612 by two Orthodox monks who came from Kyiv. Later, the monastery was fortified and repeatedly repelled Tatar attacks.

During the time of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Krekhiv belonged to the royal property, later it belonged to Frantsishek Stadnytsky (the manor house has not been preserved). In 1698, the Russian Tsar Peter I visited Krekhiv. In 1721, the Krekhiv monastery became a Basilian monastery, now it also belongs to Greek Catho ...

The village of Krekhiv is located 10 kilometers west of Zhovkva, known for the Krekhiv monastery located here.

Село Крехів розташоване в 10 кілометрах на захід від Жовкви, відоме завдяки розташованому тут Крехівському монастирю.

В документальних джерелах село Крехів вперше згадується в 1456 році. Крехівський монастир був заснований в печері на горі поруч з селом в 1612 році двома православними ченцями, які прийшли з Києва. Пізніше монастир було укріплено, неодноразово відбивав атаки татар.

За часів Речі Посполитої Крехів належав до королівської власності, згодом належав Францішку Стадницькому (панська садиба не збереглася). В 1698 році Крехів відвідав російський цар Петро I. В 1721 році Крехівський монастир став василіанським, зараз також належить греко-католикам.

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Krekhiv Monastery of Saint Nicholas of the Basilian Fathers

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The Krekhiv Monastery of Saint Nicholas of the Basilian Fathers is one of the most important shrines of Greek Catholics in Ukraine, a place of mass pilgrimages.

It was founded at the beginning of the 17th century by the monks of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Yoil and Sylvester, in the caves of Mount Pobiyna among the wooded hills of Roztochchya.

In 1618, Stanislav Zholkevskyi issued a charter for the foundation of the Krekhiv monastery. At that time, the wooden Peter and Paul Church was already standing on the rock, and the Annunciation Chapel was near the cave. Construction of the monastery complex at the foot of the mountain soon began. The monastery was surrounded by defensive walls, the Transfiguration and Trinity wooden churches (later moved), the stone church of Saint Nicholas, a four-tier bell tower, and the monastery building were built on the territory. The walls of the monastery repeatedly served as a refuge for local residents during Tatar attacks. Bohdan Khmelnytskyi and Peter I visited it at different times.

During the Soviet rule, the monastery was closed, and a boarding school for mentally retarded children was placed on the territory.

The revival began in 1990. The Higher Theological Seminary of Basilian was located here.

Mass pilgrimages take place on May 22, the day of the transfer of the relics of Saint Nicholas. Pilgrims climb the "Way of the Cross" to the top of the mountain to the chapel of the Holy Sepulchre.

The Krekhiv healing spring is especially popular with tourists.