Attractions of Ternopil region

The Museum of Sacred Art and Church History opened in 2007 in the Berezhany City Hall on Rynok Square. The museum functions as a subdivision of the State Historical and Architectural Reserve in the city of Berezhany. In addition, the Berezhany Museum of Local Lore, the Berezhany Book Museum, and the Bohdan Lepky Museum are located in the premises of the Berezhany City Hall.

The exposition of the Museum of Sacred Art and Church History features over 2,300 exhibits, including works of icon painting and sculpture, gold embroidery, and coinage. The museum tells about the thorny path of religion in the Galician lands with periods of prosperity, decades of oblivion and revival in the late twentieth century. In particular, 12 old prints are presented: "Gospel" of the XVII century, "Minea", "Irmologion" and others.

The Church of Saint Anna in Skalat was restored in 2002 on the site of the old Catholic church of the 19th century, which was blown up in the middle of the 20th century.

The church is made in the Neo-Gothic style.

It is located next to Skalat Castle.

The Church of Saint Anthony in Zaliztsi was built in the 15th century.

It was rebuilt and replanned many times. The shape of the building combines Gothic and Renaissance. The church was thoroughly rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1730 by Yuzef Potocki, when the castle in Zaliztsi came into his possession after the Vyshnevetsky.

Remains of window decorations and wall decorations remind of the former beauty of the temple.

In the crypt lie the remains of the princes of the great Ukrainian Vyshnevetsky family.

The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel - the main architectural landmark of the village - catches the eye of everyone who passes through Tovste on the Ternopil-Chernivtsi highway.

It was built in the years 1912-1939 according to the project of the Polish architect Yan Karol Sas-Zubzhytskyi instead of the wooden temple dismantled before the First World War.

The influence of Neo-Gothic style can be felt in the architecture of Saint Michael's Church. Ternopil artist Teodor Vatsyk decorated the interior a lot.

Today it is an active Greek-Catholic Saint Archangel Michael Church.

The Church of Saint Dimitry Myrotochyvy is located in the central part of Ostrivets village. The walls of the temple are made of local red sandstone.

The temple was built at the end of the 19th century and is a former Roman Catholic church (Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary), which was partially destroyed during the Soviet regime. In the summer of 2009, on the initiative of the famous poet Roman Lubkivskyi, a native of the village of Ostrivets, Metropolitan Vasiliy blessed the restoration of the church for the needs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church community. The temple was successfully restored.

Mary's and Altar Wives, the brotherhood of the Mother of God of Perpetual Help operate at the parish.

A memorial plaque was installed in honor of the pastor of the local Debninsky parish (1887-1836).

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius was built in Kolodiivka in 1904. Neo-Gothic influence is felt in the design of the temple.

Recently, the temple has gained wide popularity as a center of exorcism. Studite monks from the nearby monastery of Saint Theodore the Studite hold a service on the last Tuesday of every month with prayers for healing, culminating in the exorcism. Parishioners from different parts of Ukraine gather for the sermon of the abbot of the monastery, Father Hrihoriy Planchak, and the rites of spiritual healing.

One kilometer from the church of Saint Demetrius is the holy spring of the Holy Mother of God.

The Catholic Church of Saint Henry in Melnytsia-Podilska was built in the 19th century.

In Soviet times, it was closed by the authorities, the belfry was demolished.

The church building is located in the old park in the center of Melnytsia-Podilska.

The church of the holy apostle and evangelist John the Theologian was built in Bilokrynytsia in 1890 in the Russian eparchial style at the expense of the secret adviser of the Kyiv Governor-General, Count Oleksandr Voronin.

The count is buried in the church, as evidenced by the memorial plaque.

The Church of John the Theologian belongs to the parish of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Church of Saint Joseph was built in Polupanivka in 1894 on the top of the Holy Mountain next to the Orthodox chapel of the Holy Spirit, which stands above the healing spring.

According to legend, the Mother of God appeared here about 200 years ago. Since that time, the Holy Mountain has been a place of pilgrimage for Christians of various denominations.

During the Soviet era, the church was closed, but in 1991 the service was resumed. Today it is the Sanctuary of the Mother of God of the Holy Scapular. In 2010, the "Way of the Cross" with bronze sculptures at 14 stations was opened near the church.

Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Kremenets was built in the Baroque style as a church of the Franciscan monastery, founded in 1606 at the expense of the princes Vyshnevetskys (according to legend, the founder of the monastery was Queen Bona).

The Franciscan monastery had a fraternal school and a printing house, where the "Kremenets Grammar" was printed. In 1832, after the defeat of the Polish uprising and the beginning of the Russification of Western Ukrainian lands, the monastery was closed, and the church was reconsecrated as the Orthodox Nicholas Cathedral of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate. During the reconstruction, the church lost its Gothic-Renaissance appearance and acquired Baroque features.

In 2023, after almost 200 years of being used by representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Kremenets returned to state ownership and was transferred to the Kremenets-Pochaiv Historical and Architectural Reserve.

On December 6, 2023, the first service in the Ukrainian language was held in the Saint Nicholas Cathedral on the occasion of Saint Nicholas Day.

The defensive church in honor of Saint Nicholas was built in Buchach at the expense of Mariya Mohylyanka, the wife of Count Stefan Pototsky, a cousin of Metropolitan of Kyiv Petro Mohyla.

The fortification nature of the harsh building located on the hill can be guessed from the loopholes on the second tier. Inside there is a richly decorated iconostasis.

The Saint Nicholas Church is the oldest preserved brick church in Buchach. It is currently an active church of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Skala-Podilska was built in 1882 on the site of the old wooden Greek Catholic church founded in 1720.

The new stone church was built by the efforts of Father Kelestyn Kostecki. It was the first stone Greek-Catholic church on the outskirts.

In 1896, in the Nicholas Church, the historian Mykhaylo Hrushevskyi married Maria Voyakivska, who worked as a teacher in Skala-Podilska.

In 1946, the church was handed over to the Orthodox Church. The altar wall has been decorated with a mosaic panel of Saint Nicholas since 2011. Nearby is the "Korolyvka" spring, from which, according to legend, Prince Danylo Halytsky drank water.

The wooden Saint Nicholas Church in Vysichka is a characteristic work of the Podillya school of folk architecture.

It is located on the western outskirts of the village, next to the ruins of the castle.

It was built in 1763. Later, a stone nave was added to the nave instead of the original wooden one.

Nearby are the ruins of a Roman Catholic church.

The defense church of Saint Nicholas is one of the oldest buildings in Terebovlia.

Saint Nicholas Church was built on the border of the 16th and 17th centuries. It was reconstructed in 1734, at the same time a bell tower was built.

The fact that the Saint Nicholas Church performed the functions of a defensive structure is reminiscent of a closed battle line with loopholes.

The brick church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kolyndiany was built in 1888. The parish of the church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.