Attractions of Hoshiv

The women's monastery of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family is located on the southern outskirts of the village of Hoshiv, not far from the Hoshiv Monastery of the Basilian Fathers.

The monastery was built at the end of the 20th century near Hoshiv Yasna Hill. The main building of the monastery, two-story, with a basement floor, is made of a chapel built along the axis of the main entrance and an inner semi-enclosed courtyard, around which are located a gallery and cells. On the first floor there is a refectory with a separate entrance, a library, cells, auxiliary and technical rooms. The second floor is occupied by cells, a chapel and other premises. The built-in chapel is completed by a high tented octagonal covering, which is harmoniously combined with the dome of the temple on Yasna Hill and the surrounding landscape.

The Hoshiv Transfiguration Monastery of the Basilian Fathers is a place of mass pilgrimage of Greek Catholics from various countries.

The first historical mention of the monastery near Hoshiv dates back to 1509. Initially, the Hoshiv Monastery was located in the "Chorny Dilok" tract, but in the 17th century it was burned down by the Tatars, and the monastery was rebuilt on Yasna Hill, where it is still located today.

In 1835-1842, the wooden buildings of the monastery were dismantled and stone ones were built. In 1842, the construction of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which has survived to this day, was completed.

The monastery flourished during the time of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi.

Before the First World War, the Hoshiv monastery was considered one of the largest spiritual centers of Galicia. But since 1939, persecution of Greek Catholic monks and attempts to close the monastery began. It was able to hold out until 1950, when it was completely liquidated. The premises housed an orphanage, then an army warehouse, then a recreation center.

In the early 1990s, the monastery was revived. The monastery premises and the church were renovated thanks to the donations of believers. German restorers restored 5 large canvases of the 18th century, created 15 new paintings. The electronic bells of the Hoshiv monastery are the only ones in Ukraine.

The main shrine is the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God of Hoshiv (18th century; copy of the Chenstokhova icon), which is called the "Queen of the Carpathians". The icon was crowned in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI.