Attractions of Kolomyia district

The Church of the Mother of God of the Holy Scapular was built in 1721.

The Roman Catholic parish in Sniatyn was founded in the 15th-16th centuries. Initially, the temple was wooden, rebuilt several times. In its current form, it was rebuilt and consecrated in 1857.

Restoration was carried out in 1928-1935.

In 1946, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities, and the monks left for Poland, taking with them the icon of the Mother of God of the saint. Scapulary.

Since 1993, the church has been operating again.

The wooden Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary in Nyzhnii Verbizh was built in 1808 at the expense of local resident Hryhor Semenyuk.

According to legend, in his youth, Semenyuk was a soldier in the rebel unit of Oleksa Dovbush, but escaped from accomplices with a treasury, and began building a temple to atone for sins. The construction lasted for 20 years.

The five-bay Church of the Nativity of the Virgin is considered a masterpiece of wooden Hutsul architecture, but the problem is returning it to its authentic appearance, as the church is now covered with galvanized tin. Restoration is planned.

The temple is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in the category "Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Region of Ukraine".

Nicholas Assumption Cathedral in Kolomyia was built according to the project of Kolomyia architect Viktor Mytsay at the end of the 20th century.

The author of the murals is the Ternopil artist Ivan Holoshyn.

On January 13, 2019, the Nicholas Assumption Cathedral changed its subordination from the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

"People's House" in Kolomyia was built in 1892.

Initially, it housed a savings bank. Ukrainian artists often performed in its conference hall: Solomiya Krushelnytska, Mariya Zankovetska, Mykola Lysenko, Vasyl Stefanyk, Nataliya Kobrynska, concerts and cultural evenings of the local intelligentsia were often held.

Nowadays, the "People's House" is the city's cultural and artistic center. It celebrates state and professional holidays, holds thematic evenings, lectures, conferences, concerts, performances of folk groups, exhibitions, and festivals.

The Museum of Sacred Art named after Bishop Mykola Simkaylo opened in Kolomyia on March 22, 2014.

The museum is located in the lower church of the Transfiguration Cathedral. It was created with the blessing of Bishop Vasil Ivasyuk through the efforts of the church's fathers and with the professional help of the staff of the National Museum of Folk Art of Hutsul region and Pokuttya.

The museum exhibits works of sacred art that belonged to the bishop of the Kolomyia-Chernivtsi eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Mykola Simkaylo (1952-2013). The bishop collected a unique collection of church art all his life.

The collection consists of icons, wooden sculptures, handmade crosses and liturgical books. Many of them are drawn by world-famous artists, and they are written by folk masters of Bukovyna, Galicia, Pokuttia, as well as Volhynia. The temporal dimension of the exhibited works of the 17th - 20th centuries.

The Greek-Catholic Church of Saint Archangel Michael in Pechenizhyn was built in 1870. Five-domed, cruciform in plan.

Saint Michael's Church is located in the very center of the village.

The wooden church of Saint Archangel Michael was built in the village of Verkhnii Verbizh in 1859-1861.

Currently, the exterior of the temple is distorted by the metal covering of the roof and plastic lining on the walls.

Saint Michael's Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki in Pechenizhyn dates back to 1629.

Initially, it was a small chapel, built on the site of a temple burned by the Tatars. Later, a large wooden church of Saint Demetrius was added to it, which now belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. It stores ancient church books of the XVII-XVIII centuries, carved and painted icons.

Next to the church, the building of the deacon's school (XVIII century) has been preserved.

The "Freedom" memorial cross was built at the expense of the Pechenizhyn community in 1873 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the abolition of the panchy. Many outstanding people of Pechenizhyn are buried in the church yard.

The Church of Saint Nicholas was built in 1879.

At the time of construction, it was located on the northwestern outskirts of Horodenka.

It was built at the expense of the Orthodox parishioners of Horodenka.

The Sniatyn City Hall is considered one of the most beautiful in Ukraine, along with Buchach.

Construction began in 1861. The author of the project is Chernivtsi architect Yosyp Shreyber.

The city hall building was rebuilt several times, the last reconstruction was carried out in 1909 (this date can be seen on the weather vane).

The three-story building in the style of classicism is decorated with a 50-meter clock tower, which combines different architectural styles. It was used as a fire bell. The mechanism of the chimes is made by the watchmaker Mikhel Mensovych from Krosno (Poland). The coats of arms of Sniatyn are placed under the dials.

The balcony of the town hall can be climbed by 252 steps.

Before the Second World War, the city hall housed a magistrate. Currently, the building is used as an administrative building. Restoration has been carried out.

Souvenir market "Kolomyia" is located on the bypass road of the city.

Brightly decorated shopping area, covered wooden shopping pavilions.

Here you can buy unique products of folk craftsmen from leather, fur, ceramics, wood and metal.

The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ in Kolomyia is the largest Greek-Catholic church in Western Ukraine.

Construction was started in 1998 under the direction of architect Viktor Mytsay. The consecration took place in 2012.

The temple is two-story, 50 meters high. 2,000 believers can be accommodated on the first floor, 3,000 on the second floor. Energy-saving technologies are used for heating the temple, in particular, a capillary floor heating system. The cathedral is built of brick, the domes of the cathedral are made of copper, the funds for which were donated by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Ukraine.

Today, the Transfiguration Cathedral is the main Greek Catholic church in Kolomyia. A 60-meter bell tower is planned to be built next to the cathedral.

The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the village of Spas was built in 1811 at the expense of the parishioners. Before that, there was only a chapel in the village, built after the Tatars burned down the Ispas Monastery in the 17th century.

The church is wooden, five-bay, cruciform in plan. The iconostasis was ordered by Italian masters.

The Church of the Transfiguration has been restored several times, as a result of which it is now covered not with authentic wooden shingles, but with sheet metal.

The Vasyl Kasiyan Memorial Art Museum in Sniatyn was opened in 1982 in a one-story building with an original wooden terrace near the city center.

The exhibition is dedicated to the outstanding Ukrainian graphic artist, the founder of the 20th century Ukrainian school of graphics, Vasyl Kasiyan, who was born in 1896 in the village of Mykulyntsi on the outskirts of Sniatyn.

In three museum rooms, there is a permanent exhibition that acquaints museum visitors with the life and creative path of the artist. The best graphic works of Vasyl Kasiyan and his students, a linocut machine, books of the artist-art critic, his personal library, manuscripts, photographs, clothes and other items used by the artist are presented here.

In other halls of the museum, exhibitions of famous painters, photographers, young novice artists, masters of decorative and applied arts are held.

A monument to Vasyl Kasiyan has been installed in front of the museum.

The Sniatyn District Vasyl Pylypyuk's Creativity Museum was created in 2016 in his native village of Novoselytsia.

An outstanding Ukrainian photo artist, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, Honored Worker of the Arts of Ukraine, Vasyl Pylypyuk was born in Novoselytsia in 1950. His works were exhibited at more than 100 national and international exhibitions.

A significant number of works by the world-famous Carpathian photo artist are currently on display at the Vasyl Pylypyuk Art Museum in Novoselytsia.