Attractions of Lviv district

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 monastery.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary Magdalene was founded in 1600 by Dominican monks on the site of an old wooden church outside the city walls of Lviv.

A Dominican monastery and a seminary were opened near the church. The authors of the project of the monastery complex are architects Voytsekh Kelar and Martyn Hodny.

In 1648, the monastery fortifications were captured by the troops of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi. Subsequently, the church building underwent several changes. In 1754-1758, the church was expanded and rebuilt by the architect Martyn Urbanik, the facades were changed, and the towers were completed.

During the secularization reform of the Austrian emperor Joseph II in 1786, the church was made a parish, and a prison for women of light behavior was established in the monastery (closed in 1922).

The church acquired its modern appearance in 1870. The architecture of the building combines elements of the Baroque and Renaissance styles.

The largest organ in Ukraine, manufactured in 1932 by the Czech company Rieger-Kloss, was installed in the church of Saint Mary Magdalene. Since Soviet times, the building has housed the Lviv House of Organ and Chamber Music.

Since 1998, the service has been resumed.

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 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 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 Princely Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is the oldest monument of monumental architecture in Lviv.

Apparently, the church was built as a burial place for Halician princes, and was the main spiritual center of the 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 in Lviv is an architectural monument of the Middle Ages. According to some sources, it was founded during the reign of Lev Danylovych, the son of the city's founder, Danylo Halytskyi.

The stone buildings of the Saint Onuphrius Church, the Trinity Chapel-bell tower and the monastery cells were built in 1505 by Prince Kostyantyn Ostrozky.

The architecture combines the traditions of Ukrainian sacred architecture with Renaissance and Baroque forms. During the hostilities, the monastery complex played the role of a defensive structure.

Ivan Fedorov, the first printer, was buried in the monastery cemetery in 1583.

The monastery of Saint Onuphrius belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The church of Saint Paraskeva in Zubra was built in 1833 as the church of Saint Michael the Archangel on the site of the old Catholic church, known since the beginning of the 18th century, when the absolute majority of the village's population was Catholics.

After the Second World War, the church, rededicated by the Greek Catholics, was handed over to the Orthodox community, but in 1990 it returned to the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The wooden church of Saint Paraskeva in Krekhiv is a monument of Galician folk architecture. Reminiscent of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Krekhiv monastery.

The church dates back to 1724 according to an inscription on the central log cabin signed by master Ivan Khomyuk, however, there is an assumption that the church was renovated this year, and it was built approximately in the 17th century.

The main value is the unique six-tiered iconostasis with carved baroque royal gates by Vasyl Petranovych from the Krekhiv Monastery. Some icons date back to the 16th and 17th centuries.

Next to the church of Saint Paraskeva there is a three-tiered bell tower, which used to be a gatehouse.

The Church of Saint Paraskeva Pyatnytsya in Lviv is one of the oldest churches in Lviv. The defense-type church is located at the foot of the High Castle on the Volyn road (Pidzamche district).

The temple was built at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. It underwent significant reconstruction in 1644 after a fire. The architecture combines Gothic and late Renaissance elements.

The greatest value of the church of Saint Paraskeva is a masterpiece of Lviv artists and carvers of the 16th-17th centuries - a five-row Renaissance iconostasis (70 icons) and a baroque royal gate, completed with a crucifix with figures on the sides.

The Defense Church of Saint Stanislav the Bishop was founded in the Dunaiv in 1485 by Lviv Archbishop Yan "Vontroba" Stsheletsky.

Initially, the church was Gothic, which can be seen even now by the arrow-shaped portals and the Gothic white stone window. The church destroyed by the Tatars was rebuilt in 1585 by Archbishop Yan Solikovsky, as a result of which it acquired its current Renaissance forms. The church was reconstructed several times, the interiors were painted in 1766.

During Soviet times, the shrine was closed, but in 1992, after Ukraine gained independence, the church was returned to the Dunaiv Catholic community. Today, the Church of Saint Stanislav is served by the Society of Saint Frantsysk Salezky.