Attractions of Lviv region

The wooden church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Volia-Vysotska is one of the oldest preserved wooden churches of the Lviv region.

In the interior you can see the iconostasis of 1655, some of the icons for which were executed in 1688-1689 by the artist Ivan Rutkovych.During the restoration in 1992, paintings from 1611 were also discovered, which are considered to be among the oldest in wooden churches in Ukraine.

The monastery complex with the church of Saint Clement of the Pope was built in Lviv in 1893-1895 by the builder Ivan Levynskyi according to the project of Frants Shtatts for the Catholic female monastic order of the Discalced Carmelites.

In 1939, the headquarters of the NKVD was located here. In 1943, the Nazis shot Italian prisoners of war on the territory of the monastery garden and cemetery. After the Second World War, until 1952, the guard regiment of the NKVD-MIA was housed in the buildings of the monastery. Later, this unit was based on the southern outskirts of the city, and the monastery complex was taken over by the city's ATS - the temple housed an operating room for settlements with clients. In the 1960s, during renovation and construction works, the remains of the repressed were found here.

Currently, the church of Saint Clement of the Pope is an active church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Discovered in one of the brick niches, the figure of the crucified Christ without hands is now installed in the altar of the church.

The wooden church of Saint Elijah the Prophet in Krasne is an architectural monument of national significance.

The temple is located in the southern part of the village, on the bank of the Holohirka River.

The church is large, three-log, covered with helmet-shaped domes, the central one of which is completed by a lantern with a crown.

Next to the Church of Saint Elijah is a stone bell tower, built in 1886-1900.

The Church of Saint Francis Borgia in Rozluch is a rare example of a wooden Catholic church in the Neo-Gothic style.

It was built at the beginning of the 20th century as a chapel for German colonists at the expense of parishioners and the Boni Pastoris brotherhood. The church is a unique example of wooden churches, in which neo-Gothic elements are combined with the techniques of folk architecture, which is especially noticeable in the interior.

After the Second World War, the church was used as a collective farm fertilizer warehouse, and later as a granary.

The Church of Saint George in Brody is the so-called "Little Church", an outstanding building in the style of Galician folk architecture.

A temple of defensive type. Built at the beginning of the 17th century, restored in 1867.

Inside the Church of Saint George is a highly artistic iconostasis in the Rococo style.

The monastery and the church of Saint George were founded in Sheptytskyi by the Belz voivode Frantsishek Saleziy Potocki in 1763 for the Greek-Catholic order of the Basilians.

In 1771-1776, a stone church and cells were built on the site of the wooden buildings according to the project of the architect Yohan Kasper Zelner. The architecture combines features of late baroque and classicism.

The monastery was liquidated in 1946 by the Polish authorities. In 1980, a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism was opened in the church building, and an art gallery was opened in the cells. In 1989, the museum was moved to the Potocki Palace, and the temple complex was handed over to the Greek Catholic community.

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 began, which was consecrated in 1894. The neo-Gothic stone chapel was built in 1901-1902.

During the Soviet rule, the monastery and temple were closed, and a boarding school was placed on the territory.

Today it is the monastery of the Redemptorists of Saint Gerard. The temple was consecrated in honor of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God (remnants of paintings have been preserved). The miraculous icon was exported to Poland in 1945. Now there is a copy of it in the church. Next to the chapel is a holy spring.

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.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Jakob the Apostle was built in Krakovets in 1785-1787 in the neoclassical style at the expense of Ihnatiy Tsetner. The former church, founded in 1425, when Krakovets received Magdeburg rights, was wooden.

The new brick Catholic church designed by Domeniko Merlini had 7 altars. Its facade was previously decorated with a portico with columns. The relief "Allegory of Faith" is preserved on the frieze.

In Soviet times, the temple was used as a production facility.

Currently, the Church of Saint Jakob in Krakovets has been re-consecrated.

The Church of Saint John the Chrysostom was built in Poliana in 1770.

It is located on the territory of an ancient cemetery, where you can find very old tombstones.

In the 19th century, a parish school operated near the church, until a new school was built in the center of the village in 1890.

During Soviet times, the church of Saint John the Chrysostom was closed. Since 1991, it has been returned to the community of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The current church of Saint John Chrysostom and theological seminary occupy a complex of buildings of the former Franciscan monastery, built in 1877-1889 according to the project of architect Yulian Zakharevych.

The temple was built in the Neo-Gothic style. In the apse, there are 3 stained glass windows made in Munich by Frants Mayer in 1887-1889, as well as a wooden neo-Gothic pulpit. The monastery building is three-storey, with an inner courtyard.

In Soviet times, the First Infectious Disease Hospital was located here.

Currently, the complex belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the Lviv Orthodox Theological Academy is located here.

The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist was built in Verkhnie Synovydne at the end of the 19th century as the Roman Catholic Church of Virgin Mary of Chenstokhova.

The church building has a typical appearance for Carpathian churches: a tall structure with a steep bell tower. To the right and left of the entrance, the church is decorated with biblical frescoes: the image of the angel who brought the good news to Mary about the birth of a son, and the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.

On the territory of the Church of Saint John the Baptist there is a memorial sign in honor of the residents of the village - heroes of Ukraine who died in the fight against the invaders. There is also a cross on a pedestal with a figure of the Virgin Mary next to the church.

The majestic Saint Lawrence Church in Zhovkva was built at the beginning of the 17th century according to the project of the architect Pavlo Shchaslyvy.

Conceived as the main temple of the city, the tomb of the Zholkevsky family and a pantheon of knightly glory. The founder of the city, the crown hetman, Stanislav Zholkevskyi, a Lviv castelian, his wife and son, as well as the Danylovych family and Jakub Sobesky (father of King Yan Sobesky), are buried in the dungeon, which is why the Poles call the church "Little Wawel".

In the interior, there are preserved marble tombstones with sculptures by Voytsekh Zychlyvy: male figures in knightly armor, female figures in traditional long dresses. Also, the interiors were decorated with picturesque canvases of the 17th century: "Battle of Vienna", "Battle of Khotyn", "Battle of Kalushyn" (now they are in Olesko Castle). The Renaissance portal is decorated with images of saints, on the pediment there is a sculpture of Michael the Archangel.

Near the church is a late Renaissance belfry, built in the 16th century as a defensive tower. The preserved part of the city wall is adjacent to it.

During Soviet times, the Church of Saint Lawrence was closed, but now it has been returned to the Catholic parish, restored by Polish specialists.

The Church of Saint Lazarus was founded in Zhovkva in 1624 as a wooden Roman Catholic church.

In 1627, a city hospital for the poor was opened near the church. In 1735, the stone buildings of the church and hospital were erected at the expense of Yakub Sobesky. In 1861, in the restored buildings of the complex, the Feliciana monastery was opened, which operated until the Second World War.

In 1946, the monastery was closed by the Soviet authorities, the premises were used as a warehouse.

In 1991, the building of the former church was returned to believers and consecrated as the Orthodox Church of Saint Lazarus of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Since December 2018, it is an active church of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Monastery of Saint Lazarus in Lviv was built in 1621 according to the project of the architect Amvrosiy Prykhylny as a defensive complex outside the city. The Renaissance-style church was built by him in 1634-1640 with the participation of Yakub Boni and Martyn Hodny.

A shelter for sick and wounded soldiers operated at the monastery.

For some time, the Ukrainian poet and folklorist Markiyan Shashkevych lived at the Saint Lazarus Monastery.