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Saint Michael's Church, Rudnyky, Lviv Oblast

Coordinates: 49°27′27″N 23°54′41″E / 49.45754°N 23.91152°E / 49.45754; 23.91152
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Saint Michael church
Церква Святого Архистратига Михаїла
Religion
AffiliationUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
Location
LocationRudnyky, Mykolaiv urban hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Saint Michael's Church, Rudnyky, Lviv Oblast is located in Lviv Oblast
Saint Michael's Church, Rudnyky, Lviv Oblast
Shown within Lviv Oblast
Geographic coordinates49°27′27″N 23°54′41″E / 49.45754°N 23.91152°E / 49.45754; 23.91152
Architecture
Completed1885

Saint Michael church (Ukrainian: Церква Святого Архистратига Михаїла) is a Greek Catholic parish church (UGCC) in Rudnyky of the Mykolaiv urban hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast.

History

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The brick church, modeled after St Andrew's Church, was built in 1885 by a local resident Skolozdra (founder Theodozii Polianskyi), who replaced an older wooden church built in 1723 that burned down in 1880. The newly built church was consecrated in 1889.[1][2]

Two antimensions (1713, 1723) from Bishops Varlaam Barlaam [uk] and Athanasius Sheptytskyi were kept in the shrine.[2]

In 1905–1912, the church was painted (part of the mural was restored), and icons for the iconostasis were painted. All of these works were performed by the artist Teofil Kopystynskyi [uk].[2]

Priests

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  • Onufrii Tserkevych (1831)[1]
  • Petro Voitynskyi (1831–1854)[1]
  • Yuliian Radkevych (1853–1855, assistant)[1]
  • Petro Hrebovskyi (1854–1855)[1]
  • Dmytro Strotskyi (1855–1885)[1]
  • Konstantyn Strotskyi (1886–1905)[1]
  • Ivan Birzhynskyi (1905–1909)[1]
  • Stefan Yavorskyi (1905–1909, assistant; 1909–1941)[1]
  • Vasyl Lavryshyn (1941–1944)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in English) Rudnyky // Історичний шематизм Львівської архієпархії (1832—1944) : у 2 т. / Дмитро Блажейовський. — Київ : КМ Академія, 2004. — Т. 1 : Адміністрація і парохії. — P. 647. — ISBN 966-518-225-0.
  2. ^ a b c Роксолана Косів. "Рудники. Церква Архістратига Михаїла". Сакральна спадщина Львівщини.