Attractions of Rivne region

The Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Berehynya" of the Velyki Mezhyrichi Lyceum was established in 1992 on the initiative of the school director Sava Chumak. In 2004, it received the status of "People's Museum".

The museum collection consists of 450 storage units, of which the main collection is 400.

The exhibition is presented in three thematic sections: "History of the village of Velyki Mezhyrichi", "Main occupations and crafts of the villagers" and "Ukrainian embroidery - the soul of the people, its history".

The Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Rokytne Antiques" (Rokytnivska Starovyna) in the Rivne region opened in 2024 in the premises of Rokytne Lyceum No. 3 on the initiative of the school club "Young Ethnographers" at the expense of the Public Budget.

The 62 square meter building presents about 700 exhibits collected by the club members over 12 years. Among them are embroidered towels, clay plates and jugs, antique irons and lamps, other household items and tools.

The Church of the Holy Ascension in the village of Verkhiv was built in 1875 on the site of an old wooden church known since 1785 that burned down.

The wooden church in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Volodymyrka in 1897.

The interior painting was done for the first time in 1978.

The temple is single-domed, with five baths. There are seven bells in the belfry.

The Assumption Church in Dorohobuzh is one of the oldest in Volyn. It was founded in the 11th century, when Dorohobuzh was the center of a separate principality of the Ryurykovychi princes.

For a long time, an Orthodox monastery operated near the church. In 1577 (according to other sources - in 1582), on the initiative of Prince Vasyl Ostrozky, the Assumption Church was completely rebuilt with the inclusion of fragments of the ancient Rus plinth masonry.

The building is rectangular in plan, single-nave, single-headed, with a rectangular apse strengthened by two corner buttresses.

From 1644 to 1834, the monastery was Basilian (Greek Catholic). During this period, two cell buildings were added to the temple, which have not survived. After the temple was returned to the Orthodox Church, a wooden bell tower was added to it.

The Church of the Assumption is a unique example of Ukrainian architecture of the XI-XVII centuries, in which the traditions of Old Rus architecture are combined with the Baroque style and some later architectural techniques.

The Holy Intercession Cathedral in the city of Rivne is the main temple of the Rivne Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The foundation stone of the building was laid in 1990 by Patriarch Mstyslav. The completion of construction and the consecration of the cathedral by Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv took place in 2001.

The Holy Intercession Cathedral is one of the highest churches in Ukraine - its height is 55 meters. The cathedral was built in the Ukrainian style. The central dome, symbolizing Jesus Christ, is surrounded by 12 smaller apostle domes.

The wooden Holy Intercession Church in Obariv was built in 1781. A bell tower was built nearby at the same time.

The walls of the temple and the bell tower were originally lined with vertical boards. Currently, the temple is lined with clapboard, a brick extension was made to it, as a result of which the architectural monument has lost its authentic appearance.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Church of the Holy Intercession in Shubkiv was founded in 1770 by the owner of the village, Yevheniya Shenshyna, on the site of the old wooden Saint Nicolas Church, which was moved to the cemetery.

After Shenshyna's death, the construction of the church was completed by her brother, Admiral Dmytro Arsenyev. Icons for the church were painted by the artist Vasylyev. A four-tier bell tower was built separately from the temple. There was a clock with chimes.

The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Shubkiv was considered one of the best in the Volyn province. Currently reconstructed.

The wooden Church of the Holy Intercession was built in the village of Svitanok in the 18th century.

The temple is one-story, wooden, three-log, with a three-tier bell tower on the western facade. In plan, it consists of a square nave, a nave and a faceted pentagonal apse. The log cabin of the nave is higher than the other volumes, covered with a truncated tent, finished with a gable. The nave has no window openings - its space is illuminated by four large rectangular octagonal windows. Babinets opens into the nave with a simple multifaceted arch-cut. The log cabins are made of pine logs, placed on a stone foundation, sheathed vertically with fasteners.

The Cathedral of the Holy Prophet Elijah in Dubno was built in 1905 at the expense of the parishioners.

The ornate temple is made in a bright neo-Rus style, and the belfry is in the Rus-Byzantine style.

Previously, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, donated to the city of Dubno by Prince Kostyantyn Ostrozky, was kept in the Saint Elijah Church, but it was stolen. Now there is a copy in the temple.

It is the central cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the city of Dubno. It is part of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve in the city of Dubno.The monument needs restoration.

The wooden Holy Transfiguration Church in Marynyn near Hubkiv was built in 1801 on the site of the ancient Marynyn monastery (XVI century).

The bell tower was built in 1882.

The Transfiguration Church is an architectural monument of national significance.

The wooden Holy Transfiguration Church in Tuchyn was built in 1730.

The three-log temple stands on a stone foundation. Unlike most of the other Volyn wooden churches, Transfiguration church has a more developed exterior three-dimensional plastic.

The Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Olexandriia was built in 1842 with the assistance of the local prince Friedrich Lubomirski.

The stone temple in the classicist style is made in the form of a rotunda with a large hemispherical dome. The western facade is decorated with a massive portico of the Tuscan order, resting on four columns. It is completed by a triangular pediment, in the center of which is an image of the Transfiguration.

Nearby is a tall wooden bell tower.

The wooden Holy Trinity Church in Sarny is one of the oldest monuments of the wooden architecture of Polissya.

The church was built in the village of Dorotychy in 1725 at the expense of landowner Antoniy Prushynsky.

Initially, the Trinity Church had two baths, but later, thanks to the efforts of the abbot Father Ioann, a third one was built above the bell tower. In the same year, a house was built for the priest, which is still standing near the church. There is only one throne in the temple - in honor of the Holy Trinity.

The Holy Trinity Church in Horynhrad Pershyi is located on a hill in a picturesque place above the Horyn River.

It was built in 1812-1816 at the expense of Prince Havryl Svyatopolk-Chetvertynskyi and parishioners of the village. The church has three thrones: the main one is Holy Trinity, the northern one is in the name of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos and the southern one is in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker.

In 1883, a wooden belfry was built.

Even in Soviet times, the Trinity Church always remained active.

At the foot of the hill is a holy spring.