Attractions of Lviv district

The Greek Catholic Church in Velykyi Liubin was consecrated in 2000 and named after Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker.

The building is basilica-like, with a tall octagonal drum, on which a dome covered with sheet metal is built.

On a small mound near the church there is a cross erected in honor of the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine.

Nearby is the old wooden Nicolas Church from 1854.

The majestic church of Saint Nicholas rises in the center of Kulykiv village.

The defense temple was built in 1538 at the expense of Prince Mykola Herburt Odonovsky on the site of the original Roman Catholic temple, founded in the 14th century.

Built of hewn stone, the Saint Nicholas church still preserves strict Gothic features. Inside, there are 19th-century paintings by the artist Antoniy Kachmarsky. According to legend, underground passages led from the church all the way to Zhovkva.

In the 1940s, the Kulikiv church was closed.

In 2000, it was returned to the Roman Catholic community of Kulykiv. Restoration was carried out, as a result of which the building lost its ancient charm.

The Greek-Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas in Hlyniany was built in 1894 on the site of the old wooden church founded in 1632.

In 1932-1933, the interiors were painted by the famous Galician artist Severyn Boracek.

During the Soviet era, the temple was closed and abandoned.

Divine service was resumed in 1989, the church was restored. The frescoes on the walls are shining with colors again - the local priest claims that they have miraculously restored themselves.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Peremyshliany was built in 1805.

From 1922 to 1942, the rector of the church was Father Omelyan Kovch, who was declared a holy martyr of the Greek Catholic Church.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Vyzhniany was founded in 1400, although then it was most likely still wooden.

It was rebuilt several times, in particular in 1651 and 1750. In its current form, which combines Gothic and Baroque features, it was rebuilt in 1929-1931 according to the project of architect Bronislav Viktor. The fresco was painted under the supervision of the Lviv artist Stanislav Teyseyr in 1942-1943. The remains of the organ remained in the choirs.

Currently, the temple is closed, the building needs restoration.

The Church of Staint Nicholas was founded in Chyshky in 1410 by the local nobleman Mykola Dmytrovskyi as the Church of All Saints.

The first temple was wooden, after 1492 it was first rebuilt in stone. Over the centuries, it was rebuilt several times. In its present form, it was rebuilt in 1774 as the Church of Saint Nicholas, and in 1894 it was significantly expanded. The apse part and a fragment of the southern side have been preserved since the 15th century.

Today it is the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas.

The Princely Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is the oldest monument of monumental architecture in Lviv.

Apparently, the church was built as a burial place for Halician princes, and was the main spiritual center of the Lviv Ruthenians. The first mention of the Church of Saint Nicholas dates back to 1292. Back in princely times, the church served not only as a temple, but also as a center of social and political life.

It was located at the foot of the High Castle Hill (Vysoky Zamok), next to the Old Market square (Stary rynok), which was the center of the lower town in the early Middle Ages. The thickness of the walls of the temple also indicates the defensive importance of the building.

The Basilian Monastery of Saint Onuphrius in Lviv is an architectural monument of the Middle Ages. According to some sources, it was founded during the reign of Lev Danylovych, the son of the city's founder, Danylo Halytskyi.

The stone buildings of the Saint Onuphrius Church, the Trinity Chapel-bell tower and the monastery cells were built in 1505 by Prince Kostyantyn Ostrozky.

The architecture combines the traditions of Ukrainian sacred architecture with Renaissance and Baroque forms. During the hostilities, the monastery complex played the role of a defensive structure.

Ivan Fedorov, the first printer, was buried in the monastery cemetery in 1583.

The monastery of Saint Onuphrius belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The church of Saint Paraskeva in Zubra was built in 1833 as the church of Saint Michael the Archangel on the site of the old Catholic church, known since the beginning of the 18th century, when the absolute majority of the village's population was Catholics.

After the Second World War, the church, rededicated by the Greek Catholics, was handed over to the Orthodox community, but in 1990 it returned to the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The wooden church of Saint Paraskeva in Krekhiv is a monument of Galician folk architecture. Reminiscent of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Krekhiv monastery.

The church dates back to 1724 according to an inscription on the central log cabin signed by master Ivan Khomyuk, however, there is an assumption that the church was renovated this year, and it was built approximately in the 17th century.

The main value is the unique six-tiered iconostasis with carved baroque royal gates by Vasyl Petranovych from the Krekhiv Monastery. Some icons date back to the 16th and 17th centuries.

Next to the church of Saint Paraskeva there is a three-tiered bell tower, which used to be a gatehouse.

The Church of Saint Paraskeva Pyatnytsya in Lviv is one of the oldest churches in Lviv. The defense-type church is located at the foot of the High Castle on the Volyn road (Pidzamche district).

The temple was built at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. It underwent significant reconstruction in 1644 after a fire. The architecture combines Gothic and late Renaissance elements.

The greatest value of the church of Saint Paraskeva is a masterpiece of Lviv artists and carvers of the 16th-17th centuries - a five-row Renaissance iconostasis (70 icons) and a baroque royal gate, completed with a crucifix with figures on the sides.

The Defense Church of Saint Stanislav the Bishop was founded in the Dunaiv in 1485 by Lviv Archbishop Yan "Vontroba" Stsheletsky.

Initially, the church was Gothic, which can be seen even now by the arrow-shaped portals and the Gothic white stone window. The church destroyed by the Tatars was rebuilt in 1585 by Archbishop Yan Solikovsky, as a result of which it acquired its current Renaissance forms. The church was reconstructed several times, the interiors were painted in 1766.

During Soviet times, the shrine was closed, but in 1992, after Ukraine gained independence, the church was returned to the Dunaiv Catholic community. Today, the Church of Saint Stanislav is served by the Society of Saint Frantsysk Salezky.

The Church of Saint Stanislav was founded in Shchyrets in the 14th century, and was rebuilt in its present form in 1556.

The temple burned several times. The last restoration was carried out in 1916 according to the project of Voytsekh Brettner.

The temple is rectangular in plan, single-nave, with a three-tiered tower under a tent on the western facade. The entrance to the church is decorated with a finely crafted portal. Once there were two loopholes above the choirs, which testified to the defensive nature of the building. Opposite the main entrance is a two-story bell tower.

The Church of Saint Stanislav is an active church of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine.

The Greek-Catholic Church of Saint Volodymyr and the Blessed Martyr Father Omelyan Kovch is consecrated in honor of the late martyr of the Greek-Catholic Church, who from 1922 to 1942 was the abbot of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Peremyshliany.

During the German occupation, he saved thousands of Jews, for which he was sent to a concentration camp, where he continued to perform the duties of a priest until his death.

In 2001, during the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ukraine, Father Omelyan Kovch was beatified.

The Church of Saint Yosafat is an active Greek Catholic church in Lviv. It was built in 1930 according to the project of the architect Yan Karol Zubzhytsky as the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Francis of Assisi of the Capuchin Fathers.

After the beatification of the bishop of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Mykolay Charnetskyi, his relics were transferred from the Lychakiv Cemetery to the Church of Saint Yosafat.