Kolyndiany Explained

Official Name:	Kolyndiany
Native Name:	Колиндяни
Pushpin Map:	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:	Kolyndiany Hromada
Population As Of:	2018
Population Total:	1652^[1]
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	48.9653°N 25.9483°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	48552

Kolyndiany (uk|Колиндяни, pl|Kolędziany) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Kolyndiany rural hromada.

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1481.^[2]

In the XV century, the Stamenski nobles built a castle, which was rebuilt into a palace in 1840.

From 29 July 2015, it has been the center of the Kolyndiany rural hromada.^[3]

Religion

• Saint Nicholas church (OCU, brick, 1889)
• Saint Nicholas church (UGCC, 2009)
• Church (RCC, early XX century)

Chapels

• one on the site of the house where Yosyf Yosafat Bilan lived and worked
• two chapels in honor of the Independence of Ukraine (1994, brick)

People from Kolyndiany

• Yosyf Bilan, priest of the UGCC, a Basilian, and a long-term prisoner of communist camps

Notes and References

1. Web site: Відповідь Чортківської РДА на інформаційний запит №01-1026 від 9 липня 2018 року . 2019-01-04 . 2018-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210311/https://dostup.detector.media/request/36332/response/79562/attach/4/.docx .
2. Михайловський В. Історія, мова, географія: топоніми середньовічного Поділля. — К.: Темпора, 2021. — S. 236. : іл. — ISBN 978-617-569-469-5.
3. ВВРУ, 2019, № 1, s. 36.