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Saint Gerard Monastery
The Kokhavyne monastery of Saint Gerard was founded in 1755 by monks of the Carmelite order at the wooden temple built in 1748 for the miraculous icon of the Our Lady of Kokhavyne.
The current southern part of the village of Hnizdychiv used to be a separate village of Kokhavyne, which is associated with a legend about the phenomenon of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Kokhavyne. According to legend, the icon was discovered in the Kokhavyne forest in 1646, and soon this place became an object of mass pilgrimage. At first, the icon was kept in a small chapel, later a new wooden church was built at the expense of Kostyantyna Vyhovskyi.
During the Austrian rule, the monastery was closed, but in 1868 the construction of a large stone church in the neo-Gothic style bega ...
Last update
6/11/2024
Categories | Temple, Architecture |
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Date of foundation | 1755-1894 |
Address |
Yaroslava Mudroho Street, 4
Hnizdychiv |
Coordinates |
49.3182995° N, 24.1025589° E
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Phone | +380 97 235 3350, |
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YouTube |
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