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Unusual Orthodox Church in Moshny
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Church of the Transfiguration (Spaso-Preobrazhenska), built in 1830-1839, is located in the village of Moshny in Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine, about 30 km from Cherkasy.
It was the key element of the non-preserved palace and park ensemble of Count Mikhail Vorontsov. The author of the project was the Italian architect Giorgio Torricelli, who was the city architect of Odesa. Moshny on Google Maps. Photos by: v1snyk.
Tags: Cherkassy oblast · Cherkasy city · church
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Church of St. Nicholas in Marshyntsi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions
Marshyntsi is a large village with a population of about 5,000 people located in the south of Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine, 30 km southeast of Chernivtsi, near the border with Romania.
The local architectural landmark is the Church of St. Nicholas, built of red brick either in 1887 or 1913. It is a unique monument of religious architecture for this part of Ukraine, the only one of its kind on the territory of Northern Bukovina and Northern Bessarabia. Marshyntsi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Chernivtsi city · Chernovtsy oblast · church
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Basilian Monastery and Church of St. Yury in Chervonohrad
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
The monastery of the Basilian Order and the Church of St. Yury, located in the town of Chervonohrad in the north of Lviv Oblast, are architectural monuments of national importance in Ukraine. Today, they belong to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
The monastery was founded by the Polish nobleman Franciszek Salezy Potocki (1700-1772) for the Basilian Order in 1763. In 1771-1776, on the site of the wooden buildings of the monastery, the present buildings were erected. The construction was led by the Czech architect Johan Kasper Selner. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Chervonohrad city · church · Lviv oblast
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Wooden Church of St. Paraskeva in Belz
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Religion
Belz is a small town with a population of about 2,200 located in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, about 70 km north of Lviv. It is the oldest town in the region and one of the oldest in western Ukraine.
This town has a number of preserved architectural monuments. One of them is the wooden Church of St. Paraskeva – an architectural monument of national importance located in the old cemetery of Belz. Church of St. Paraskeva in Belz on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
picturesque monument of wooden architecture
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Palace of Mikuli-Wolczynski in Budenets
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Budenets is a village with a population of about 1,300 people located in the southwest of Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine, about 30 km from the city of Chernivtsi and 16 km from the Ukrainian border with Romania.
In the past, Budenets was the property of the Polish feudal family of Wolczynski. According to legend, the palace in Budenets was built by a man named Mikuli, whom the daughter of the landowner Wolczynski married. Budenets on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
picturesque pseudo-Gothic palace
Tags: Chernivtsi city · Chernovtsy oblast
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Church of Archangel Michael in Lukashi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Religion
Lukashi is a village of about 1,000 people located 75 km east of Kyiv. The main attraction of this place is the Church of Archangel Michael, a monument of Ukrainian wooden architecture built at the expense of local residents in 1894-1896.
In 1931, this church was closed and turned into a granary. In 1942, during the German occupation, divine services were resumed and have not stopped since then. Lukashi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Kiev oblast
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Refectory Church of Anthony and Theodosius in Kyiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
The Trapezna (Refectory) Church is one of the youngest churches of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. It was built in the Russian-Byzantine style by the architect Vladimir Nikolaev in 1893-1895.
The church was consecrated in honor of Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves – the founders of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which is also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves. The Trapezna Church in Kyiv on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
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The Oldest Wooden Church in Lviv Oblast
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Potelych is a village with a population of about 800 people located in Lviv Oblast, about 70 km northwest of Lviv, near the border of Ukraine with Poland.
The main attraction of this village is the wooden Church of the Holy Spirit (1502) – the oldest surviving wooden church in Lviv Oblast, an outstanding monument of architecture and monumental art of the Galician school. Potelych on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Manyava Skete of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Manyava Skete of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is an Orthodox monastery located in the village of Manyava, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, about 40 km southwest of Ivano-Frankivsk.
The monastery was founded by the Orthodox saint Job of Manyava in 1611. In 1785, it was closed by the Austrian government as part of the religious reform of Emperor Joseph II. In Soviet times, it received the status of an architectural monument. The monastery was reopened in 1998. Manyava Skete on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
picturesque fortified monastery
Tags: church · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
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Church of the Nativity of Theotokos in Sambir
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Sambir is a town with a population of about 35 thousand people located in Lviv Oblast, about 75 km southwest of Lviv. This is one of the tourist centers of the region with a number of architectural monuments.
For example, it is worth mentioning the Greek Catholic Church of Theotokos, built in the Baroque style in 1728-1738. There are two relics kept in this church – the Sambir miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos and parts of the relics of St. Valentine, the legendary patron of lovers. Sambir on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast