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Church And Monastery Of Saint Onuphrius

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:17:16 +0000

Nearby to Saint Nikolas Church there is a Church and Monastery of Saint Onuphrius (Monastyr Svyatogo Onuiriya) dates back to hoary antiquity. Saint Onurfy Church began late in the 13th century as a wooden church that existed at the time of Prince Lev Daniilovich. In the mid-15th century it was supplemented by a monastery of Orthodox monks. Following a fire the church was rebuilt in 1518 by the Voivode (military leader) of Kiev, Prince Constantine Ostrozhsky. Numerous changes in the 17th and 18th centuries have contributed to Saint onuphrius (sometimes refferd as Saint Onurfy) Church present appearance. One can still see the remains of the defense walls that engirdled the monastery in the mid-16th century. The exterior of this church and to a certain extent even its constructional lay-out have been greatly altered. Thus today we can see only the general tendency of Saint Onurfys’ original structure and a few of the remaining details. It was built according to the cruciform plan typical of Ukrainian architecture; the narthexes are topped by two cupolas. The side naves, the apses and the belfry were built in the 17th century, the Trinity Chapel (Chasovnya Svyatoi Troitsy) – in 1701. The simple forms of ancient Russian architecture devoid of all exuberance are harmonically blended with the Italian Renaissance style and decoration in the portal and the adjoining sides, the pilasters and windows with arches made of stones from the Castle walls. Great value are the 17th and 18th century paintings: the Apostles over the Holy Door and the iconostasis of the Trinity Chapel.

Church Of Saint John

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:33:01 +0000

The Church of Saint John the Baptist (Kostyol Ioanna Krestitelya) is one of the ancient architectural structure of Lvov. Saint John Church faces the Old Marketplace. As Church Of Saint Mary it also underwent considerable changes. Saint John Church has began its existence as a church of the Orthodox Basilian Monks. In 1260 Prince Lev Daniilovich made a present of this church to his wife Constance, daughter of the Hungarian King Bela IV(1206 – 3 May 1270) , who remodeled the building to suit the Dominican missionaries. It acquired forms typical of the Romanesque style. This small, one-naved church with two narthexes and a single cut apse is far from being an imposing edifice: little has remained of its old architectural form.

In 1886-87 Saint John Church underwent capital reconstruction at the hands of the above-mentioned at Church Of Saint Mary post Yu. Zakharievich and emerged boldly decorated with pseudo-Romanesque ornament to the detriment of its initial features.Saint John Church old time icons which can be observed in the chancel and two male portraits in the vestry that date back to 1637 and 1647 continue to attract visitors. Noweadays there is a Museum of Ancient Lvov Statue.

History Of Lvov – New Page

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:46:06 +0000

A new page began in the history of the ancient Lvov – centuries of occupation by foreign invaders an epoch of relentless national and social oppression. But the people’s freedom-loving spirit was not broken.
Having pulled down the Castle of Daniil Romanovkh, King Casimir ordered that a new stone fortress be built in its stead. He named it the High Castle.

The High Castle dominated the town, an imposing bastion of the King’s military might and boundless power. Dungeons were built beneath the defense towers. There, following the Battle of Grunwald (1410),

the Knights of the Teutonic Order who had been taken captive were held to ransom.
There were many attempts to seize the Castle but its walls were impregnable. Castle Hill held out until 1648 when the entire Ukraine was enveloped in the flames of a national liberation war under the leadership of Ukrainian Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky.

Ancient Lvov

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:49:54 +0000

As I wrote before, Daniil founded Lvov arround the year 1250 and didn’t give way to the enemy within the country: The centre of the town was the fortress, or detinets which was surrounded by a wall, and numerous ramparts and moats. A high watchtower dominated the settlement. Near it were the ammunition dumps and depots. At the foot of the hill, the site of the present Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street and the former Volhynski Szlach (Road) lay the Okolny Gorod or Padgoradye (the town outskirts). Volhynski Szlach was the main thoroughfare of that time linking Kolomiya and Galich with Volhynia and Kiev and was of great economic and strategic importance. Here, where a small square today marks the beginning of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street was the former Old Marketplace (Staryi Rynok) – the trade centre of ancient Lvov. The old name of the street pod Bramoy – denotes the site of the gateway to Okolny Gorod (Padgoradye). A fortified wall fenced in the palace of the Prince, the houses of the boyars and their retinue. Along the poltva bordering the hill from the west, north and south, lay the scattered settlements of the merchants, craftsmen and the urban poor.

The town grew, constantly fighting for its life. In 1259 the Tartar Khan Burunday forced the Princes of Galicia and Volhynia to pull down the fortifications. Lev Daniilovich “opened up” the town but fortified it again soon afterwards. New attempts of the Tartars to seize Lvov, this time under Khan Telebug, ended in failure.

Castle Hill – Industrial part

admin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:48:02 +0000

People had settled at the industrial part of Lvov from time immemorial. In the Stone and Bronze Ages the banks of the Poltva had attracted many a tribe. Late in the 11th and early in the 12th centuries the Slavs established a settlement on the summit of the hill, which later became part of Kiev Rus (also writen as Kyivan Rus). The settlement developed into a principality Zvenigorod, later called Galicia and finally, at the end of the 12th century, the joint Galicia-Volhynian Principality, one of the most prominent Russian states at the time of feudal dissent, known for its cultural and economic development.
In the middle of the 13th century Prince Daniil Romanovich of Galicia came to these parts. It was a trying time. From the east the country was threatened by the Tartar and Mongol hordes who left nothing in their wake but ruins and ashes. Internal strife was headed by the boyar (or bolyar -a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rusian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies) opposition with its stronghold in Galichin and the “mountain land of Peremishl”.

Daniil of Galicia, an outstanding statesman and military leader of his time, did not give way to the enemy within the country or without. He sought support from the rising towns. It is surmised that the town of Lvov was founded by the Prince somewhere about the year 1250.