Since 1708, when the Lviv Assumption Stavropygius brotherhood converted to Greek Catholicism, the Orthodox community of Lviv did not have its own church, services were held in private homes.

The construction of the Orthodox Church of Saint Great Martyr George, according to the project of the Austrian architect Gustav Zakhs, began in Lviv in 1897. The image of the church, which is atypical for Galician sacral architecture, combines features of the neo-Romanesque and neo-Byzantine styles, which are more typical for Bukovyna.

From 1992 to April 2023, the Church of Saint George was the cathedral of the Lviv Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine and the only church in Lviv that belonged to the Moscow Patriarchate. Today, the church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Uk ...

Since 1708, when the Lviv Assumption Stavropygius brotherhood converted to Greek Catholicism, the Orthodox community of Lviv did not have its own church, services were held in private homes.

The construction of the Orthodox Church of Saint Great Martyr George, according to the project of the Austrian architect Gustav Zakhs, began in Lviv in 1897. The image of the church, which is atypical for Galician sacral architecture, combines features of the neo-Romanesque and neo-Byzantine styles, which are more typical for Bukovyna.

From 1992 to April 2023, the Church of Saint George was the cathedral of the Lviv Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine and the only church in Lviv that belonged to the Moscow Patriarchate. Today, the church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.