Bilobozhnytsia Explained

Official Name:	Bilobozhnytsia
Native Name:	Білобожниця
Pushpin Map:	Ukraine#Ukraine Ternopil Oblast
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ternopil Oblast
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	Raion
Subdivision Name2:	Chortkiv Raion
Subdivision Type3:	Hromada
Subdivision Name3:	Bilobozhnytsia Hromada
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	49.0494°N 25.6814°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	48530

Bilobozhnytsia (Ukrainian: Білобожниця) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.^[1]

History

The first written mention dates from 1532.

Religion

• Church of the Transfiguration (OCU, 1901, brick, rebuilt in 1991)
• Church of the Transfiguration (UGCC, 2008)
• Saints Peter and Paul church (RCC, 2001)

People

• Mykhailo Borysykevych (1848–1899), Ukrainian ophthalmologist, Doctor of Medicine
• Taras Senkiv (born 1960), Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi

Notes and References

1. https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4586 Білобожницька територіальна громада