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Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church in Kremenets

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Church in Kremenets, Ukraine
Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church in Kremenets
Базиліка святих Ігнатія Лойоли і Станіслава Костки
Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Stanislaus Kostka church in Kremenets, 2016
50°05′47″N 25°43′27″E / 50.0963°N 25.7242°E / 50.0963; 25.7242
LocationKremenets
CountryUkraine
DenominationEastern Orthodoxy
Previous denominationCatholic Church
History
Founded1731
Founder(s)Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki
DedicationIgnatius of Loyola
Architecture
Functional statusactive

Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Stanislaus Kostka church in Kremenets is a church in Kremenets, Ukraine.

Formerly a Jesuit Roman Catholic church, designed by Paweł Giżycki and build around 1731–1745, it was converted into a parish church following the disbandment of Jesuits in the late 18th century, then into an Orthodox church in mid-19th century, briefly restored to Catholics during the Second Polish Republic time, converted into a sports center during the Soviet Union time and following the fall of the Soviet Union, turned over to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) as Church of the Transfiguration.

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