Fastiv is a town with a population of about 45 thousand people, located in the western part of Kyiv Oblast, about 75 km from Kyiv.

In 1903-1911, in Fastiv, instead of a wooden Catholic church that had been rebuilt several times, a stone Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, much larger in size, was erected in the Romanesque-Gothic style, designed by the architect Wladyslaw Dabrowski. Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Fastiv on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.

beautiful asymmetric church

Tags: church · Fastiv city · Kiev oblast

Losyach is a small village with a population of about 1,000 people located in the Chortkiv district of Ternopil Oblast. The Roman-Catholic church of St. Anthony of Padua, built at the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries, is the main attractions of the village.

This church amazes with its harmony. Built in the Romanesque neo-Gothic style, it has a high, pointed bell tower that dominates the surrounding landscape. The rough texture of the walls and side buttresses give it medieval features. Church of St. Anthony in Losyach on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.

very elegant church

Tags: church · Ternopil oblast

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

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.

beautiful wooden church

Tags: church · Kiev oblast

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.

magnificent church

Tags: church · Kiev city

Losynets is a small village with a population of about 700 people located on the territory of Lviv Oblast in the very west of Ukraine, about 130 km southwest of Lviv.

Here you can see a picturesque wooden church built in 1892. Next to it there is a bell tower (1725), which is included in the register of architectural monuments of national importance. From 1957 to 1989, the church was closed. Losynets on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.

beautiful wooden church

Tags: Lviv oblast

Horodyshche is a village of about 2,000 people located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, about 93 km north of Khmelnytskyi.

In this village you can see one of the most significant monasteries in Podolia – the Holy Nativity of the Mother of God Monastery. Horodyshche on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.

Catholic monastery converted into Orthodox

Tags: church · Khmelnitsky oblast

Holy Trinity Mezhyrich Monastery is a complex of monastic buildings of the 16th-17th centuries located in the village of Mezhyrich in Rivne Oblast, about 53 km southeast of Rivne and 3 km southwest of Ostroh.

This monument of the Volhynia architecture combines the traditions of old Russian constructive techniques with Gothic and Renaissance elements. Its layout, combination of secular, cult, and defensive features, as well as the Renaissance decor make it an outstanding architectural monument of Ukraine. The Mezhyrich Monastery on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.

fly over the monastery

Tags: Rivne oblast

In Ukraine, there are only three monasteries, which have the highest spiritual title of Lavra – Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Pochayiv Lavra and Sviatohirsk Lavra.

The Holy Assumption Sviatohirsk Lavra (also known as The Holy Mountains Lavra, Sviatohirsk Cave Monastery), an important spiritual center of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia, was first mentioned in written sources in 1526. Sviatohirsk Lavra on Google Maps. Photos by: Alexey Novik.

beautiful monastery

Tags: church · Donetsk oblast

Maniavskyi Skyt (1611-1621) is an Orthodox monastery located in the village of Manyava, about 50 km south-west of Ivano-Frankivsk, an important center of spirituality, culture and art of Ukraine.

During its heyday, the monastery numbered about 200 monks and dozens of subordinate monasteries in Galicia, Bukovina and Moldova. It was one of the centers of cultural life in Galicia. Maniavskyi Skyt on Google Maps. Photos by: Vitaliy Ilnytsky.

beautiful small monastery

Tags: Ivano-Frankivsk oblast