Attractions of Transcarpathian region

The Saint John Baptist Men's Monastery was founded in 1925 in the village of Dubove, but a few years later it was decided to move it to Bedevlia.

In 1955-1960, the monastery was closed, and it was revived in 1990. On the territory there is a large church of John the Baptist, a winter church of the Mother of God Pochaivska and a residential building with a refectory church. Today, 16 monks live here, and in their free time from obedience, they are engaged in the artistic treatment of icons with beads. Some of the works are for sale.

The shrines of the monastery include the icon of the heavenly patron of the monastery - Saint John the Forerunner with a portion of the relics of the Baptist, the ancient image of the Mother of God written by the Holy Apostle Luke (an ancient accurate list), the miraculous icon of Saint Tryphon, which was stolen several times, but managed to be returned.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Roman Catholic Cathedral in honor of Saint Martin, the patron saint of the city of Mukachevo, was built in 1904 on the site of an old Gothic church.

The 14th century Gothic chapel of Saint Yosyp with medieval paintings and tombstones has been preserved from the original building. It served as the altar part of the ancient temple, most of which had to be dismantled due to dilapidation. Of particular interest are the carved stone window casings with rich, unrepeatable ornamentation, colored stained-glass windows, supports (buttresses) of the walls, as well as Gothic vaulted ceilings.

Restoration was carried out in 1976.

The wooden church of Saint Michael the Archangel is located in the village of Nehrovets between Synevyr and Kolochava.

The high Gothic temple is one of the examples of the Boyko style of architecture. The architecture is dominated by the pure forms of ancient architecture, undisturbed by late interventions: hewn logs of log cabins, wide planes of shingle roofs, a band of canopy, a square tower with a high pin.

Decorative carvings of the 18th century have been preserved in the interior of the church.

Nearby is a two-story wooden frame bell tower.

A particularly picturesque view of Saint Michael's Church against the background of the surrounding mountains opens from the slope of the hill above the church.

The Church of Saint Archangel Michael in the Transcarpathian village of Vyshka is a monument of wooden architecture of national importance.

It has the features of a classic temple of the Boyko school of architecture: three log cabins made of spruce beams on a stone foundation, placed in a row along a longitudinal line from west to east, covered with tent vaults, each topped with a crown.

Initially, the central log house was higher than the others, but in the second half of the 18th century, the tented top above the babinsek was replaced by a frame belfry, which became higher.

Like many wooden churches in Transcarpathia, Michael's Church was not spared the fate of being buried alive in a metal sarcophagus, which hid the original patterns of wall and roof cladding with shingles.

The medieval castle "Saint Miklosh" (Saint Nicholas) in Chynadiiovo was built in the 15th century as a typical Romanesque feudal residence.

The castle is a two-story building of a simple rectangular shape with two three-tiered corner towers. The thickness of the walls of the castle is more than 1 meter.

Chynadiiovo castle belonged to the rich family of Pereni barons, guarded the Carpathian pass "Ruska Brama". In 1657, the castle was damaged during the assault by the Polish troops of Prince Lubomyrsky.

Ilona Zrini, the wife of Prince Ferents I Rakotsi, secretly met here with the leader of the Hungarian rebels, Imre Tekeli, and after her husband's death, she married him. At the end of the anti-Habsburg war, the rebel army of her son Ferents II Rakotsi was stationed here.

Later, the building served as a prison and a warehouse. Until recently, the castle was in an extremely neglected state.

Currently, the Saint Miklosh Castle in Chynadiiovo is rented by the artist Yosyp Bartosh. Enthusiasts are conducting restoration work, a museum exhibition and a picture gallery have been developed. Art exhibitions are held in several restored rooms, artists periodically gather for open-air concerts, live music concerts, and theatrical tours are held.

There is a tourist information center.

The Greek Catholic Monastery of Saint Nicholas of the Basilian Fathers is located in Malyi Bereznyi on the slope of Mount Dilok above the valley of the Uzh River.

The monastery was founded in the 15th century, known since 1435 - this is evidenced by the monastery seal with the year engraved on it. Since 2009, the settlement of the Basilian Province of Saint Nicholas in Transcarpathia has been located here.

With the beginning of the Soviet occupation of Transcarpathia, the monastery was liquidated (1947), some of the monks were imprisoned. In 1948, the monastery premises were transferred to Uzhgorod University, the church was turned into a sports hall. In 1958, a boarding school for children with developmental disabilities was opened in the monastery, a warehouse was placed in the temple, and the temple paintings were destroyed. In 1973, a new boarding school building was built next to the monastery buildings.

The restoration of the Saint Nicholas Monastery of the Basilian Fathers began in 1989. The monastery complex was completely restored only in 1997. During 1997-2003, the carver and artist Yosyf Volosyansky created a new iconostasis for the monastery church. The artist Mykhaylo Priymych repainted the temple, since the unique paintings by Yosyf Bokshay were irretrievably lost.

Currently, the Basilian Monastery in Malyi Bereznyi is one of the largest monastic settlements of the Mukachevo Greek Catholic Diocese in Transcarpathia. At the same time, it is a settlement of the Province of Saint Nicholas, which unites all Basilian monasteries of the region.

The Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Sokyrnytsia is one of the oldest wooden churches in Transcarpathia, a bright example of Maramorosh wooden Gothic.

There is a version that the Saint Nicholas church was originally built in the village of Shashvar, and in 1770, after being moved to Sokyrnytsia, it was reconstructed. In the process of reconstruction, a tall pyramidal tower was built above the babinets, and a bell tower was built nearby.

The iconostasis created in 1748 has been partially preserved. On the walls - a collection of wooden crosses.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is a vivid example of Maramorosh Gothic.

Located on a hill in the center of the village of Danylovo, its tall and thin spire is visible from afar.

Built, according to the inscriptions on the door, in 1779, the Saint Nicholas Church is the youngest of the Gothic churches of Khust region. Made of oak on a stone foundation. Inside is a poorly preserved iconostasis with nine icons of the 18th century. The walls are covered with a painting made in 1828 by the artist Kornmayer.

The Orthodox Saint Nicholas Church is located on an elevation in the center of the city.

The first wooden Orthodox church of Saint Nicholas in Perechyn is mentioned in 1751. It was located on the territory of the cemetery a little higher than the current stone temple, which was built in 1763-1769. Its high bell tower, added in 1810, is clearly visible on the hill of Hurka, a little outside the city center.

Saint Nicholas Church in Chynadiiovo is located on the river bank in the midst of rural buildings, 250 meters from "Saint Miklosh" Castle.

It was built in the 18th century.

The Saint Nicholas Church and the Chynadiiovo Castle are connected by an underground passage. Nowadays, the passage from the side of the castle is walled up.

The temple belongs to the UOC community of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Podobovets was built in 1785.

It belongs to the baroque type of wooden churches. It looks very slender and elegant. Unfortunately, the impression is somewhat spoiled by the tin coating.

Near the Saint Nicholas Church, there is an ancient cross with paintings on evangelical subjects.

The Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Pryslip resembles the wooden church in Torun in shape, but it is much larger and more slender, with a delicate pattern of the silhouette of the tower and graceful lines.

The temple is surrounded on three sides by an arcade on high carved figured pillars. They are repeated in a reduced size in the bypass arcade.

The two-tiered belfry with a wide canopy of apprehension and an arcade on the second tier, where the bells are placed, is covered with an octagonal tented roof. The forms of the bell tower are much older than the forms of the temple itself and contrast sharply with it.

Decorative carvings of the 18th century in the baroque style of a local master, as well as individual works of easel tempera painting of the 16th and 17th centuries, have been preserved in the interior.

Saint Nicholas Church is active, restored in 1968. It is considered a masterpiece of Baroque Verkhovyna wooden architecture.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas is located on the Kurtanichev hill in the village of Chornoholova, which is on the left bank of the Lyutyanka river at the confluence of the Solony stream. This is one of the best examples of Transcarpathian folk architecture.

The temple was built in the 17th century in Boyko style. In 1794, it was reconstructed in the Baroque style. According to the inscription on the crossbar, the rebuilding was carried out by master Khimich from the village of Luchky (now on the territory of Slovakia).

The architectural dominant of the Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker was a high tower with a rich baroque finish. A gallery on carved columns gives the structure sophistication. At the same time, the original tent ceilings, characteristic of Boyko churches, as well as the iconostasis of the 18th century have been preserved inside. The small single-tier bell tower is emphatically functional.

In 1913-1924, Father Yuliy Bachynskyi was the parish priest of the Saint Nicholas Church in Chornoholova.

The Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas in the village of Zhdeniievo was founded in 1904 on the site of an old wooden church known since 1733.

The construction was carried out by Italian masters at the expense of the parishioners and was completed in 1918. There is an icon with the relics of Yov Uholsky in the Saint Nicholas Church.

Saint Nicholas Mukachevsky Monastery is the main Orthodox shrine of the city of Mukachevo.

According to legend, the ancient monastery was founded in the 10th century by Kyiv monks who accompanied Yaroslav the Wise's daughter Anastasiya, who was given in marriage to the Hungarian king (caves and a healing spring have been preserved). Another legend tells about the victory of Prince Fedir Koriatovych (Koryatovych) in a fight with a snake. In 1360, the prince built a wooden church and cells at the place indicated to him by an angel who appeared above the river.

The Saint Nicholas Monastery was the residence of bishops in 1491-1772. Stone buildings in the Baroque style were erected in the 18th-19th centuries under the direction of architect Dmytro Rats, who is buried in the Assumption Cathedral.