Church of the Holy Trinity in Chortkiv explained

Building Name:Church of the Holy Trinity
Ukrainian: Церква святої Тройці
Location:Chortkiv, Chortkiv urban hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Religious Affiliation:Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Coordinates:49.0117°N 25.8067°W
Map Type:Ukraine Ternopil Oblast
Year Completed:1607

Church of the Holy Trinity (Ukrainian: Церква святої Тройці) was a Greek Catholic parish church (UGCC) in Chortkiv of the Ternopil Oblast.

History

In 1607, a captain in the Polish army, Mykhailo Yakiv, founded the Basil of Caesarea Monastery and the Church of the Holy Trinity on Mount Yurchynskykh.[1]

The monastery church was brick, single-domed, and cruciform. The church had two doors – the main western and the side southern ones.

The condition of the church was not very good, and the monks thought about building a new brick church. The project was commissioned by the grandfather of Chortkiv, Joachim Potocki, and approved by Athanasius Szeptycki. But it was never realized.

Notes and References

  1. Як Робінзон Крузо в монастир забрів, Світло і тіні чортківських замків (Сторінками історії міста (XI-XVIII ст.). Книга перша, П. Федоришин, Тернопіль : Терно-граф, 2019, s. 189—212, .