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Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Bairaky
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Bairaky is a large village with a population of about 1,800 people located in the southeast of the Chernivtsi region, 29 km from Chernivtsi.
The main attraction of the village is the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin combining the Baroque style and the Galician school of church architecture. Bairaky on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
church with built-in iconostasis
Tags: Chernivtsi oblast · Chernovtsy oblast · church
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Second Oldest Wooden Catholic Church in Ukraine
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Radenychi is a village with a population of about 1,100 people located in the west of the Lviv region, 77 km from Lviv.
On the territory of the village there is the second oldest wooden Catholic church in Ukraine – the Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in 1754. Radenychi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Church of the Three Saints in Lemeshi
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Lemeshi is a village with a population of about 600 people located in the Kozelets district of the Chernihiv region, 60 km south of Chernihiv.
The main attraction of the village is the Church of the Three Saints (Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom) built in the Baroque style in 1755. Lemeshi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Chernigov oblast · Chernihiv city · church
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Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Torhiv
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Torhiv is a small village with a population of about 170 people located in the Zolochiv district of the Lviv region, 91 km east of Lviv.
In the central part of the village there is a picturesque wooden church – the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church built in 1846. Torhiv on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Makhnivtsi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Makhnivtsi is a small village with a population of about 180 people located in the Zolochiv district of the Lviv region, about 90 km east of Lviv.
On the outskirts of the village there is a picturesque monument of wooden architecture – the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian (1697). Restored in 1970, this church is a monument of architecture of national importance. Makhnivtsi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Church of St. Michael in Chesnyky
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Chesnyky is a village with a population of about 800 people located in the Rohatyn district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, 71 km north of Ivano-Frankivsk.
The main attraction of the village is the Church of St. Michael (also known as the Church of St. Nicholas and the Church of the Ascension) of the 13th century – an architectural monument of national importance and one of the oldest churches in Western Ukraine. Chesnyky on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
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Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Tshchenets’
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Tshchenets’, first mentioned in 1418, is a small village with a population of about 570 people located in the Mostyska district of the Lviv region, 75 km west of Lviv.
The main attraction of the village is the Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph built in 1924-1928. In 1950-1955 and 1957-1989, the church was closed and used as an administrative building. Tshchenets’ on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Church of the Immaculate Conception in Vysloboky
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Vysloboky is a small village with a population of about 390 people located in the Lviv region, 19 km to the north-east of the center of Lviv.
The main attraction of the village is the wooden Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1762-1763), an architectural monument of national importance. Vysloboky on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Most Beautiful Churches of Sumy
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos
Sumy is a city with a population of about 267 thousand people located in the north-east of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Sumy region.
It was named after the Sumka (literally meaning “bag”) River. According to the legend, three hunting bags with money (depicted on the city’s coat of arms) were found near the river – hence its name. Photos by: gatta_bianka.
Trinity Cathedral (1901-1914) – one of the most beautiful churches of Sumy, looking similar to St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg (Russia).
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Church of St. Panteleymon in Shevchenkove
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Shevchenkove is a very small village with a population of about 150 people located in the Halych district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, 28 km north of Ivano-Frankivsk.
Here you can find remains of old defensive ramparts and a unique architectural monument of national importance – Church of St. Panteleymon (1194), the oldest church in Western Ukraine.
Tags: church · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast