The village of Sasiv on the Zakhidny Buh River is located 10 kilometers from Zolochiv on the road to Pidhirtsi.
Founded in 1615 by Voivode Ivan Danylovych from Olesko as a trading town of Sasiv on the site of the village of Komarove. Danylovych named the town after the inscription "SAS" on his own coat of arms. Sasiv used Magdeburg law, there was a castle here (not preserved).
Soon, Sasiv became the property of the Sobesky family, its patron was the Polish king Yan III Sobesky, who sometimes came here to hunt in the surrounding forests. Later, the owners of the village were the Starzhensky.
Before the First World War, Sasiv was known as a climatic and balneological resort, where the Poli ...
Saint Nicholas Church
Temple , Architecture
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).
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1615 |
Latitude | 49.87259 |
Longitude | 24.9454 |
Population | 761 |
Postal codes | 80713 |
Region | Lviv |