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Church of the Exaltation of Holy Cross, Kopychyntsi

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Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic
ChurchmanshipByzantine Rite
History
StatusParish
Architecture
StyleUkrainian baroque
Groundbreaking1630
Administration
ProvinceUkrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv
Clergy
ArchbishopIhor Vozniak

Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Ukrainian: Церква Воздвиження Чесного Хреста Господнього) is one of the oldest wooden churches of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, built in 1630. Its bell tower was built in the first half of the 18th century. Located in the area Kutets of Kopychyntsi Husiatyn Raion. The style is Ukrainian Baroque. It is an architectural monument of national importance. The founder of the church was Martin Ludetskyi, owner of the locality Kutets, that was a part of the Cossack Hetmanate or "Hetmanshchyna".

Bell tower

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Sources

  • Карвовський Ст. Чотири тижні в Галичині // Духовні, історичні та природні перлини рідного краю: Буклет — путівник. — Склали та упоряд. Худзік О. Д., Сагайдак Л. Т. (Реценз. Гуменюк Я. С., Козачок Н. В.) — Відділ освіти Гусятинської РДА, 2012 — (Присвячено 120-річному ювілею патріарха УГКЦ Йосипа Сліпого).

49°5′50.8″N 25°54′42.4″E / 49.097444°N 25.911778°E / 49.097444; 25.911778

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