Saint Paraskevi church is particularly known for its remarkable iconostasis consisting of more than seventy individual fragments. This church is a true masterpiece of Ukrainian part of the 16th-17th centuries. Painters whose names are unknown managed to achieve an intriguing combination of vivid national co louring coupled with western influence. In Lviv one often comes [...]
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Continuing our Lvovs’ tour along the “Podzamche” we comes to the last church of the district – the Church of Saint Paraskevi Pjatnisa (Tserkov Svyatoi Praskovii or Pyatnitskaya Tserkov, No. 63, St. Bogdan Khmelnitsky). In addition to “Paraskevi” there are many other variations of this Greek female name – such as Pascha, Petka, Paraskeva, Praskovia, [...] Church of Saint Mary Magdalene (Kostyol Marii Snezhnoi) stands on a small hill facing the start of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street. According to certain investigators the Church of Saint Mary was rebuilt from an ancient Russian church. But there is no doubt that at the close of the 13th century this was a Catholic church and the [...] Coming down the High Castle by Maxim Krivonos Street (Ulitsa Maxima Krivonosa) and turning rightyou gets into ancient part of the town called Podzamche meaning “under the castle.” |
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