Attractions of Lviv region

The church-fortress of Saint Nicholas was built in Zolochiv on the line of defensive ramparts in the 16th century and played an important role in the system of city fortifications.

Even after further reconstructions, it did not lose its characteristic features of defensive architecture. Thick walls are reinforced with buttresses, strict side facades have narrow loophole window openings.

After the restoration in 1765, the west facade was enlivened with a Baroque pediment with decorative vases and a small balcony with carved stone consoles in the Rococo style.

The Greek Catholic Church in Velykyi Liubin was consecrated in 2000 and named after Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker.

The building is basilica-like, with a tall octagonal drum, on which a dome covered with sheet metal is built.

On a small mound near the Saint Nicholas Church there is a cross erected in honor of the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine.

Nearby is the old wooden Nicolas Church from 1854.

The majestic church of Saint Nicholas rises in the center of Kulykiv village.

The defense temple was built in 1538 at the expense of Prince Mykola Herburt Odonovsky on the site of the original Roman Catholic temple, founded in the 14th century.

Built of hewn stone, the Saint Nicholas church still preserves strict Gothic features. Inside, there are 19th-century paintings by the artist Antoniy Kachmarsky. According to legend, underground passages led from the church all the way to Zhovkva.

In the 1940s, the Kulikiv church was closed by the Soviet authorities.

In 2000, it was returned to the Roman Catholic community of Kulykiv. Restoration was carried out, as a result of which the building lost its ancient charm.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Busk was founded in 1914 on the site of an old wooden church.

The project was developed by the famous architect Yevhen Nahirnyi. Construction was carried out at the expense of the Busk Orthodox community until 1938.

In Soviet times, the Saint Nicholas Church was the only active church in the city, but during the reconstruction the church lost its original appearance. In particular, the domes were replaced by simple tent roofs, and all decorative details were removed from the walls. Currently, it is planned to recreate the temple in its original form.

Belongs to the religious community of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The Greek-Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas in Hlyniany was built in 1894 on the site of the old wooden church founded in 1632.

In 1932-1933, the interiors were painted by the famous Galician artist Severyn Boracek.

During the Soviet era, the temple was closed and abandoned.

Divine service was resumed in 1989, the church was restored. The frescoes on the walls are shining with colors again - the local priest claims that they have miraculously restored themselves.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Peremyshliany was built in 1805.

From 1922 to 1942, the rector of the church was Father Omelyan Kovch, who was declared a holy martyr of the Greek Catholic Church.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Vyzhniany was founded in 1400, although then it was most likely still wooden.

It was rebuilt several times, in particular in 1651 and 1750. In its current form, which combines Gothic and Baroque features, it was rebuilt in 1929-1931 according to the project of architect Bronislav Viktor. The fresco was painted under the supervision of the Lviv artist Stanislav Teyseyr in 1942-1943. The remains of the organ remained in the choirs.

Currently, the temple is closed, the building needs restoration.

The Church of Saint Nicholas was built in Truskavets in 1861-1886 on the site of an older church known since 1515.

A four-tier iconostasis of the 19th century has been preserved. Modern paintings were made during the restoration of 1989-1992. artist Bodan Balytskyi

Saint Nicholas Church belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Nearby is the bell tower, built in 1920. The square in front of the church is decorated with the sculpture "Jesus and the Samaritan Woman", a monument to Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi, a monument to the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas was built in Urych in 1911 on the site of an old fallen church.

The new church was built according to the project of the architect Vasyl Nahirniy, using a typical constructive solution: a single-story log cabin with a cruciform plan was installed on a stone foundation. The church bathhouse and the roofs of the chapels were covered with sheet metal. In 1914, a carved iconostasis was installed.

Today, the Saint Nicholas Church is completely hidden under a tin shell and needs serious restoration.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas in the village of Kozova was built in 1926 by master Leon Dulfik.

The temple is five-bay, cross-shaped in plan. Gilded domes are topped with lanterns with crowns.

The Saint Nicholas Church looks spectacular from the road passing by. Belongs to the community of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas in Sasiv dates back to 1731, although according to some sources it was founded as early as the 15th century.

The interior of the Saint Nicholas Church is decorated with a seven-tier iconostasis of the 17th century with skillfully executed icons "Flight to Egypt", "Christ and the Samaritan Woman", "George the Victorious" (1681).

The Church of Staint Nicholas was founded in Chyshky in 1410 by the local nobleman Mykola Dmytrovskyi as the Church of All Saints.

The first temple was wooden, after 1492 it was first rebuilt in stone. Over the centuries, it was rebuilt several times. In its present form, it was rebuilt in 1774 as the Church of Saint Nicholas, and in 1894 it was significantly expanded. The apse part and a fragment of the southern side have been preserved since the 15th century.

Today it is the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas.

The ensemble of the Dominican Sisters Monastery in the city of Belz consists of the majestic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is now the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas, and a dilapidated complex of monastic cells. An architectural monument of national importance.

The monastery of the female catholic order of the Dominican Sisters in Belz was founded in 1635 by the wife of the Vilnius castellan, Sofiya Khodkevych. The baroque brick church with two symmetrical towers was built in 1653. Four sculptures of saints are installed in niches on the facade: Ursula, Catherine of Siena, Rosaliya and another unknown saint. In 1743, the wooden cells were replaced by brick ones.

Under the power of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1785, the monastery was liquidated, the church was handed over to the Greek-Catholic community of the city and renamed the Church of Saint Nicholas. In 1893, a new iconostasis was installed, made by Peremyshl painters. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Lviv painter Mykhaylo Boyarsky painted the church, a mosaic image of Saint Nicholas was placed on the pediment.

For a short time after the Second World War, the temple became a Polish church again, but after the eviction of the Poles, it was closed, and the premises began to be used as a warehouse.

In 1991, the building was returned to the Greek-Catholic community of the city and restored. Now it belongs to the parish of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker of the UGCC.

The Princely Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is the oldest monument of monumental architecture in Lviv. It is assumed that the church could have been founded by Prince Daniel of Galicia. It may have been built as a tomb for Galician princes and was the main spiritual center of Lviv Ruthenians.

The first mention of the Church of Saint Nicholas dates back to 1292. Back in princely times, the church served not only as a temple, but also as a center of social and political life.

It was located at the foot of the High Castle Hill (Vysoky Zamok), next to the Old Market square (Stary rynok), which was the center of the lower town in the early Middle Ages. The thickness of the walls of the Saint Nicholas temple also indicates the defensive importance of the building.

The Basilian Monastery of Saint Onuphrius the Great near Dobromyl was first mentioned in 1613, when Yan Shchensny Herburt and his wife Yelyzaveta, a princess from the Zaslavsky family, granted the holy monastery a foundation deed.

First, the church of Saint Father Nicholas was built, which stood for more than two hundred years and was dismantled after a natural disaster by order of the abbot Venedykt Olshynsky. In 1723, the stone church of Saint Onuphrius was built, and in 1731 - a two-story building of cells and a bell tower adjacent to it.

In plan, the bell tower is square, from the facade it is two-story, but inside it has four floors. The lower tier with a passage covered by a semi-circular vault, the upper one is finished with a bulbous head. The facades are decorated with composite order pilasters and flat niches.

In Soviet times, a psycho-neurological boarding school was located on the territory of the monastery. Now the monastery once again belongs to the Basilian fathers.