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Savior Transfiguration Monastery
The Savior Transfiguration Monastery in Rzhyshchiv is one of the oldest in Ukraine. According to legend, it was founded by Saints Anthony and Theodosius, who from time to time traveled here from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
The year 1626 is considered the official foundation date of the Rzhyshchiv Transfiguration Monastery. The Polish landowners of Voronychs, giving their lands to the monastery in 1649, claimed that the monastery was founded by their ancestors. It was one of three monasteries in the Kyiv region, where old and sick Cossacks lived to the end.
In 1653, the ambassador of the Moscow tsar, the boyar Vasyl Buturlin, met here with the hetman of Ukraine Bohdan Khmelnitsky, where the terms of the alliance treaty were discussed.
At the beginning of the 20th century, ...
Last update
1/20/2025
Categories | Temple, Architecture |
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Date of foundation | 1626 |
Address |
Osvity Street, 42
Rzhyshchiv |
Coordinates |
49.97542222° N, 31.09948889° E
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Phone | +380 4473 23 207, +380 97 576 5662, |
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