Attractions of Ternopil district

The Armenian Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Berezhany was built at the expense of the Armenian community, which played a significant role in the life of the city in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The church was built in the Baroque style with defensive elements. The fortification purpose of the building is indicated by the defensive walls that surrounded it. During the fire of 1810, the church was badly damaged, but in 50 years it was restored to its original appearance.

After the Second World War, when the Lviv Armenian-Catholic Archdiocese was liquidated, the church was abandoned and transformed first into a granary, later into a collective farm club. Subsequently, the church building was not used for a long time and began to gradually collapse.

During the time of Ukraine's independence, in order to prevent the destruction of the church, the Greek-Catholic community carried out a major repair of the church. At the end of 2016, the local Greek-Catholic parish of the Holy Trinity handed over the ensemble of the former Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary to the city's Armenian community.

The protected tract of Monastyrok is located next to the village of Lisnyky, the western suburb of Berezhany.

The first mention of this area dates back to the 14th century. In the 17th century, there was a large Basilian monastery here. The last service in it was held in 1941. In 1980, the church was burned down, and a recreation area was built on the shore of the pond. At the beginning of the 21st century, a restaurant of the same name was opened on the territory of the Monastyrok tract, but under mysterious circumstances the establishment burned down.

On the initiative of local residents, the reconstruction of the shrine began. A chapel was built on the site of the former church, and the Way of the Cross is being built.

One of the most mysterious sights of the tract is the picturesque Devil's Stone rock, on which a crucifix is carved. Nearby is a sacred spring where you can wash your face with healing water.

The old Polish cemetery is located on a hill at the entrance to the village of Strusiv from the side of the city of Buchach.

Grave monuments borrowed from the city memorial sculpture typical of the 20s and 30s of the 20th century have been preserved in the village cemetery. The figures of saints, angels, maidens and other symbolic characters with simple, rough faces are made of sandstone and concrete, all things considered, by local self-taught craftsmen.

The mountain offers a beautiful view of Strusiv and its surroundings.

The museum in Pidhaitsi was created in 1993 as a museum of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army on the initiative of the "Union of Ukrainian Women" in the basement, where NKVD officers once tortured political prisoners. In 2002, the Pidhaitsi Region History and Local Lore Museum was created on the basis of the UPA museum. Currently, the museum is located in the former building of the Ukrainian People's House in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau.

The museum's exposition is presented in three thematic sections. The first hall is dedicated to the archaeology of the region and the history of the liberation struggle in Pidhaitsi. It exhibits a collection of memoirs of former soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army "In the ranks of the UPA", the chronicle "Unforgettable summer and autumn of the 1991 independence uprising", materials "Celebrating the 60th anniversary". Of great value is also the translation from the Russian journalistic work of Ivan Bilas "The Repressive and Punitive System in Ukraine in 1917-1953", written on the basis of research into archival materials, which reveal the insidious technology of combating the national liberation movement of the OUN-UPA, which was practiced by the NKVD.

The second hall is an art and journalistic hall. It houses paintings and literary and journalistic materials by local historians and former residents of the Pidhaitsi region who now live abroad.

The third hall is an ethnographic hall. It presents exhibits reflecting the culture and life of the peasants who lived in the region during the 19th century.

The monastery is located on the southern outskirts of Terebovlia, on a high hill in the suburb of Pidhora. Known since the 17th century.

The defensive monastery of the Basilian order was surrounded by a stone wall with four corner towers, three of which have been preserved. There was also a three-tiered tower over the gate. Adjacent to the entrance gate is a one-story monastery building with a church attached to it.

The Pidhora monastery ceased to exist in 1789. The monastery church was used as a parish church for some time. During the First World War, the church was destroyed, and the monastery complex has been deteriorating ever since.

However, in 1993, the parishioners of the villages of Zelenche and Pidhora under the guidance of priest Yaroslav Strilka started the first Greek Catholic services in the former church of the Basilian Fathers, and in 1999 they restored the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist (16th century).

"Polupanivska Holy Mountain" is a landscape reserve created in 1994 on 11 hectares of the territory of the Medobory ridge.

Rare species of steppe vegetation and animal world are found here. The mountain is composed of reef limestones. The slopes are covered with huge boulders. The location of some stones in the form of dolmens gives reason to assume that in ancient times there was a pagan sanctuary on the mountain.

In the upper part of the mountain there is a healing spring with which the legend of the apparition of the Mother of God is connected.

The Holy Mountain is a place of pilgrimage for Christians of various denominations. In 2010, the "Way of the Cross" was opened on the territory of the "Polupanivska Holy Mountain" landscape reserve with 14 stations, on which sculptures illustrating the Passion of Christ were installed.

The small country palace of the Potocki magnates, who in the 19th century owned the neighboring Berezhany, was built on the site of the Synyavskys' old hunting lodge.

At different times, guests of the estate were Prince Ferents Rakotsi, Hetman Ivan Mazepa, Tsar Peter I.

The current palace building in Rai, rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century, is located on the territory of an abandoned landscape park.

For a long time, the premises were occupied by a children's sanatorium.

In 2022, the Potocki Palace became a shelter for people affected by Russian military aggression in Ukraine.

The palace and park complex in Mykulyntsi is one of the few examples of Empire style palace architecture preserved in Ukraine.

The palace was founded next to the Mykulyntsi Castle by Lyudvika Potocka in the 1760s. From the original building in the Palladian style (early classicism), the original wings have been preserved, connected to the palace by semicircular galleries.

In the middle of the 19th century, Baron Yan Konopka decided to create a balneological resort at the springs of hydrogen sulphide waters in Mykulyntsi. He thoroughly rebuilt the palace, giving it stricter features of late classicism (empire). The park facade of the building is decorated with an eight-pillar portico of the Corinthian order. From here, the landscape park descends steeply to the river, and the ruins of the castle adjoin it to the left. The front part of the palace is highlighted by a risalite with four wooden sculptures of Atlanteans and opens onto a regular parterre.

The last owner of the Mykulyntsi Palace was Countess Yuzefa Rey.

Currently, the Mykulyntsi Regional Physiotherapy Hospital is located here.

The Museum of Sacred Art and Church History opened in 2007 in the Berezhany City Hall on Rynok Square. The museum functions as a subdivision of the State Historical and Architectural Reserve in the city of Berezhany. In addition, the Berezhany Museum of Local Lore, the Berezhany Book Museum, and the Bohdan Lepky Museum are located in the premises of the Berezhany City Hall.

The exposition of the Museum of Sacred Art and Church History features over 2,300 exhibits, including works of icon painting and sculpture, gold embroidery, and coinage. The museum tells about the thorny path of religion in the Galician lands with periods of prosperity, decades of oblivion and revival in the late twentieth century. In particular, 12 old prints are presented: "Gospel" of the XVII century, "Minea", "Irmologion" and others.

The Church of Saint Anna in Skalat was restored in 2002 on the site of the old Catholic church of the 19th century, which was blown up in the middle of the 20th century.

The church is made in the Neo-Gothic style.

It is located next to Skalat Castle.

The Church of Saint Anthony in Zaliztsi was built in the 15th century.

It was rebuilt and replanned many times. The shape of the building combines Gothic and Renaissance. The church was thoroughly rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1730 by Yuzef Potocki, when the castle in Zaliztsi came into his possession after the Vyshnevetsky.

Remains of window decorations and wall decorations remind of the former beauty of the temple.

In the crypt lie the remains of the princes of the great Ukrainian Vyshnevetsky family.

The Catholic Church of Saint Anthony' and Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Strusiv was built in 1894 at the expense of Yuzef Holukhovsky, the owner of Strusiv at that time.

In 1902, this temple was consecrated under the title of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Construction was conducted under the leadership of Jan Lesyk and was completed in 1903. From 1945 to 1990, the Soviet authorities used the sanctuary as a granary.

A beautiful neo-Gothic building stretches to the sky with a high tower, which is crowned with a cross. There are two smaller towers on its sides. On both sides of the main entrance to the church there is a beautiful window in the shape of a rose. Gothic windows, tall and beautiful, decorate the building. In the highest tower of the temple there are a large and a small bell.

The ornate facade of the Saint Anthony's Church is decorated with pointed conical tops rising with thin crosses, as well as a three-tiered tower in which the central entrance to the church is located in the form of an arch. Today, the Saint Anthony's Church is in good condition and is an active temple.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Charbel was built in Baikivtsi in 1936 at the expense of the wealthy Fredberg and Nesolovsky families.

The temple in the Art Nouveau style is built of stone in the shape of a cross. An elegant belfry with a tented roof rises above the bevel. The entrance to the church is decorated with a portico with columns.

The Church of Saint Charbel is an architectural monument of local importance.

The Church of Saint Dimitry Myrotochyvy is located in the central part of Ostrivets village. The walls of the temple are made of local red sandstone.

The temple was built at the end of the 19th century and is a former Roman Catholic church (Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary), which was partially destroyed during the Soviet regime. In the summer of 2009, on the initiative of the famous poet Roman Lubkivskyi, a native of the village of Ostrivets, Metropolitan Vasiliy blessed the restoration of the church for the needs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church community. The temple was successfully restored.

Mary's and Altar Wives, the brotherhood of the Mother of God of Perpetual Help operate at the parish.

A memorial plaque was installed in honor of the pastor of the local Debninsky parish (1887-1836).

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius was built in Kolodiivka in 1904. Neo-Gothic influence is felt in the design of the temple.

Recently, the temple has gained wide popularity as a center of exorcism. Studite monks from the nearby monastery of Saint Theodore the Studite hold a service on the last Tuesday of every month with prayers for healing, culminating in the exorcism. Parishioners from different parts of Ukraine gather for the sermon of the abbot of the monastery, Father Hrihoriy Planchak, and the rites of spiritual healing.

One kilometer from the church of Saint Demetrius is the holy spring of the Holy Mother of God.