Церква св. Георгія
Церква св. Георгія

One example of architecture in Lviv in neovizantiyskomu (Byzantine-Romanesque) style, characteristic of Bukovina. Since 1992, this cathedral church of the Diocese of Lviv of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (since moved to other churches of other religious organizations). Construction of the church of St. George in Lviv was engaged in Bukovina Romanian Orthodox church consistory that ignorant to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the affairs of the entire Orthodox Church in Galicia. In 1856 at the Franciscan Street (now Korolenko) it was bought by a large plot of land with two houses at the former Franciscan monastery. In 1895 the construction project was approved by the Orthodox church and the church building made architect Gustav Zahsom from Vienna. Special order of the Austrian authorities were ordered to rename the temple of the Holy Trinity, built in the church of St. George, this was done in order not to remind of the times, when the Lions were the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, and to emphasize the low status of the Orthodox church in comparison with Greek Catholic Cathedral of Saint George (St. George). September 1, 1897 the cornerstone was laid at the temple and started its construction. The same, 1897 was organized by the building committee, which included Hrushevsky, professor of Lviv University, the famous Ukrainian historian Osip Monchalovskyy, Galician-known Russian journalist. Construction of laying of foundation to complete its lead architect Vincent Ravs'ke. Church consecration on 14 October 1901. Inside St. George's church attire was completed Viennese Lviv and local artisans. Colored stained glass window in metal frame for the house prepared and established Viennese firm Tyroler hlyasmaleray anshtalt. The same firm completed mosaic box above the main entrance. Iconostasis four-established Viennese masters: a joiner and a carving of the iconostasis Vormund Carl did all the icons as Friedrich von? Yller. Call for house firm Charles Schwab cast. Of the seven bells four had an inscription on the Romanian language, three - in Ukrainian.
poi_church_cathedral_monastery,poi_monument_of_architecture_and_town_planning
24.04109631591767,49.841736094422366
24.04109631591767,49.841736094422366,24.04109631591767,49.841736094422366