The icon thousands of pilgrims pray to in Berdychiv today isn’t the one its founder, Janusz Tyszkiewicz, gave the monastery in 1642. The original 16th-century …
The Berdychiv Sanctuary: An Icon Pilgrims Pray to a Copy Of
Temples and churches
St. George’s Church in Krasnopillia — a Gothic Vertical Amid the Southern Steppe
The Mykolaiv region is genuinely flat. Fields, wind, steppe to the horizon. And then, suddenly — a 125-ft (38 m) bell tower. To understand why …
The Holy Trinity Church in Medzhybizh — Ruins Between the Castle and the River, Blown Up in 1962
Medzhybizh stands at the confluence of the Boh and Buzhok rivers — and for five centuries, this exact spot has been where roads, armies, religions, …
St. Lawrence Church in Taikury — Baroque, a Buried Treasure, and Catacombs 9 Miles from Rivne
Nine miles from Rivne, between three spurs of the Avratyn Plateau, stand two ruins side by side: a castle and a church. The castle dates …
St. Mary Magdalene Church in Vovkiv — Art Deco Amid the “Lviv Carpathians”
Fourteen miles from Lviv, in the valley of the Zubra River, stands a building that doesn’t fit any expected image of a village church. It’s …
St. Joseph the Betrothed Church in Pidlisnyi Mukariv — a Masterpiece of Hewn Stone Amid the Fields of Podillia
You’re driving through Podillia. Fields, hills, scattered trees. Then, suddenly, two slender towers with spires rise above the roofs of Pidlisnyi Mukariv. Sharp, medieval-looking — …
St. John Nepomucene Church in Turylche — Fresh Flowers for an Empty Church
Among the hills of the Borshchiv area, amid fields and scattered farmsteads, stands a church larger than you’d expect from such a small village. Larger …
The Nativity Church in Verhuny — a Pantheon-Church Built on Bloodshed
In the village of Verhuny, on its highest point, stands a church that’s hard to mistake for any other. Not wooden. Not typical. Round, with …
Halytsia Monastery — the Only Active Ancient Monastery on the Dniester, Where 9th-Century-BC Pottery Was Found
During renovation, workers found a pit filled with broken pottery beneath the floor of one of the monastery’s cells. The ceramics turned out to belong …
St. Nicholas Church in Kamianske — Neo-Gothic Architecture Built Because of an Attempt on the Tsar’s Life
Kamianske is a city of metal. A steel plant. Smokestacks. Industrial districts. And then, suddenly: two 108-ft towers with spires. Yellow brick. Stained glass. St. …
The Lutheran Church in Veselyi Kut is the church of the colony called Paris
There is a village in the Odesa region that first had a serial number, then a German name, then “Paris,” and only in 1945 became …