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Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Lahodiv village
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1872) is a rare five-domed wooden church in the village of Lahodiv in Peremyshlyany district, Lviv region. The bell tower was built in 1854.
The church stands near the street leading to the water source, which is located a hundred meters from it. Single and dual narrow arched windows of the church look like loopholes. Services are held every week. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Vorokhta
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Vorokhta is an urban village located in Ivano-Frankivsk region, at an altitude of 850 meters above sea level, on the Prut River. This place is a training center of Ukrainian athletes in ski jumping, biathlon, cross-country skiing.
Also, this village has one of the oldest monuments of Hutsul wooden architecture (the early or mid-17th century) – Church of the Nativity of the Virgin. This wooden church built without a single nail stands on a hill in the northern part of the village. Photos by: anderver.
explore the architectural monument
Tags: church · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
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Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Kryvorivnia
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Religion, Travel
This beautiful wooden church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin is located in the village of Kryvorivnia, in Verkhovyna district of Ivano-Frankivsk region, in the heart of the Ukrainian Carpathians.
The church, an architectural monument of national importance, was first mentioned in 1719. The peculiarity of the church lies in the fact that during these three centuries, in spite of everything, it has never been closed.
Tags: church · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
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Vudubickiy Monastery in Kyiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion
St. Michael’s Vudubickiy Monastery was founded in the second half of the 11th century by Vsevolod, the son of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. The architectural ensemble of the present monastery was built in the 17th-18th centuries.
The monastery is located in the Botanical Garden named after Grishko in Kyiv. It belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate.
Tags: Kiev city
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The Church of Sts. Olha and Elizabeth in Lviv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Religion
This beautiful church built in the neo-Gothic style is located in Lviv, on Kropivnitsky Square. According to legend, originally, it was named in honor of the Empress Elizabeth Habsburg, the wife of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary Franz Joseph I.
Since 1991, the church is owned by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and is called the Church of Sts. Olha and Elizabeth. The photos were taken by neo7777vitaha.
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St. Nicholas Church in Sasiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Culture, Religion
The wooden church of St. Nicholas in Sasiv village (Zolochevsky district of Lviv region) was built in 1731. Although, according to some sources, it was founded in the 15th century. The church interior is decorated with a beautiful seven-tier iconostasis of the 17th century.
The domes of the church, placed close to each other, are its true ornament. The last restoration of St. Nicholas Church, the monument of architecture of Ukraine, was made in 2008.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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The Assumption Cathedral in Bila Krynytsya village
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Bila Krynytsya is a small village (170 people) located in Chernivtsi region, 12 km south of Chernivtsi city, near the border with Romania.
This village was the center of the Old Believers in Bukovina. The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Old Believers, built in 1900-1908 by the means of Moscow merchant Gleb Ovsyannikov in honor of his son Alexander, is the main attraction of this place.
interesting architectural monument
Tags: Chernivtsi city · Chernovtsy oblast
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The church of St. Michael the Archangel in Komarno
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Komarno is a small district town located in the southwestern part of Lviv region. The distance to Lviv is about 45 km.
The town is known for its old wooden church of St. Michael the Archangel, built in 1754. It is one of the finest examples of Galician folk architecture school. The photos were taken by Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Lviv oblast
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Church of St. Olga and Elizabeth in Lviv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion
What a beautiful view! Church of St. Olga and Elizabeth stands on Kropivnitsky Square in Lviv. It is a cathedral of Greek Catholic Church built in neo-Gothic style in 1903-1911. Photo by anderver
Tags: Lviv city
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Unique Beauty of the Church in the Natalevka Estate
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Transfiguration Church, built in 1911-1913, is the architectural jewel of “Natalevka” – the former estate of the owner of sugar producing factories Pavel Ivanovich Kharitonenko located in the village Volodymyrivka, Krasnokutsk district, Kharkiv region.
The manor house itself was destroyed during the Soviet era. Nowadays, the manor park is protected as a national monument of landscape architecture.
Tags: church · Kharkov oblast