Churches of Ukraine
Profiles of churches in Ukraine: year built, architectural type, material, history, and two features of each church shown in a photo and a drawing. Every church in this section is marked on the map of Ukraine.
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Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv: 11th-century granite, quartzite and plinthos
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv: 40 events from its foundation to 2026, the dispute over the 1011 / 1017 / 1037 date, the Mazepa Baroque, Yaroslav's sarcophagus, UNESCO and the war, legends, figures and sources.
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St Andrew's Church in Kyiv: Baroque on an unstable slope
St Andrew's Church in Kyiv: events from the chronicle legend to 2026, what was lost and recreated, little-known facts, legends, people and sources.
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St Basil's Church in Ovruch: a princely church laid a second time
St Basil's Church in Ovruch (late 12th century, rebuilt 1907–1911): history, a cross-in-square plan, two western towers, banded masonry with red stones and the rebuilding to a design by Oleksii Shchusev.
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St Catherine's Cathedral in Kherson: limestone, a portico and a lantern drum
St Catherine's Cathedral of 1781–1786 in the Kherson fortress: Ivan Starov's design, yellowish limestone, a Tuscan portico, a dome on a lantern drum and the damage of 2023–2024.
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St Cyril's Church: a princely church in Baroque dress
St Cyril's Church in Kyiv: 39 events from 1139 to 2025, what was lost and recreated, little-known facts, legends, figures and sources.
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St Elijah's Church in Subotiv: a burial church built to defend itself
St Elijah's Church in Subotiv (1653), built by Bohdan Khmelnytskyi as a family burial church: its history, defensive features, loopholes in the gable, walls of stone and brick up to two metres thick, and the search for the hetman's crypt.
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St Elijah's Church in Ternivka: a steppe church under a pale blue dome
St Elijah's Church of 1904 in Ternivka, Zaporizhzhia region: a cross-shaped masonry church with a bell tower and an unusual dome, early 20th-century oil paintings and two versions of who painted them.
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St Florian's Church in Sharhorod: a basilica with a wavy silhouette
St Florian's Roman Catholic church in Sharhorod (1590–1595), built at the expense of Jan Zamoyski: history, a three-aisled basilica, the wavy attics of the facade, rubble limestone walls and today's sanctuary.
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St George's Cathedral in Lviv: Rococo on a stone terrace
St George's Cathedral in Lviv: 40 events from the 13th-century wooden church to 2025, Meretyn and Pinsel, the crypt of the metropolitans, 1946 and the return in 1990, legends, figures and sources.
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St George's Church in Drohobych: a church brought by oxen
The wooden St George's Church in Drohobych, a UNESCO site: its transfer from Nadiiv, three log frames and three Baroque tops, murals by Stefan Medytskyi, an iconostasis and a 17th-century bell tower.
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St Michael's Cathedral of the Vydubychi Monastery: a church at the edge of a cliff
St Michael's Cathedral of the Vydubychi Monastery: 40 events from 1070 to 2025, Petro Myloneh's retaining wall, the collapse above the Dnipro and the rebuilding of 1766–1769, closure and restoration, legends about Perun, key figures and sources.
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St Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral: a church rebuilt from its foundations
St Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv: 40 events from 1108 to 2025, what was lost in 1934–1937 and what was recreated, where the mosaics and frescoes are now, legends, notable figures and 31 sources.
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St Nicholas Church in Chernivtsi: the 'drunken' cathedral with crooked windows
St Nicholas Cathedral in Chernivtsi, the 'drunken church' (1927–1939): a church modelled on the cathedral of Curtea de Argeș, 'twisted' drums, thirteen stained-glass windows, an iconostasis by Paul Molda and a church the Soviet authorities never closed.
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St Nicholas Church in Mykolaiv: the Greek church of a shipbuilding city
The Greek St Nicholas Church of 1803–1817 in Mykolaiv: Faleiev's plan, donations from merchants and naval officials, a Classical volume, a dome on a massive drum and a bell tower with a spire.
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St Nicholas Church in Zhydychyn: a date on the tympanum and two inscriptions on the orb
St Nicholas Church of the Zhydychyn Monastery in Volyn: a Baroque church of 1723, a chronicle mention of 1227, the Union, the Basilians, the crypt.
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St Pantaleon's Church near Halych: white stone and a recessed portal
St Pantaleon's Church in Shevchenkove near Halych, late 12th century: history, rebuildings, carved white-stone portals, apses with arcading and a graffito of 1194.
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St Paraskeva (Piatnytska) Church in Chernihiv: a church that grows upward
St Paraskeva Church in Chernihiv, late 12th – early 13th century: a tower-like composition, stepped arches, a glazed floor, the ruin of 1943 and Baranovsky's rebuilding.
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St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv: a church painted by artists
St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv: 38 events from the 1852 plan to 2026, the paintings of Vasnetsov, Nesterov and Vrubel, the relics of St Barbara (in the cathedral since 1961), the Soviet museum, the OCU, legends, key figures and sources.
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Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral in Kamianets-Podilskyi: the Mother of God on a minaret
The Cathedral Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Kamianets-Podilskyi: a 16th-century masonry church, a mosque in 1672–1699, a minaret crowned with a statue of the Mother of God in 1756 and a triumphal arch of 1781.
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The Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkiv: a striped vertical above the Lopan
The Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkiv (1888–1901): a five-domed church by the architect Mykhailo Lovtsov with a bell tower of about 80 m, striped facades of red brick and white render, a lost marble iconostasis, the relics of Patriarch Athanasius, the bell-tower fire of 1997 and damage in 2024.
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The Ascension Cathedral in Pereiaslav: Mazepa's church under a single cornice
The Ascension Cathedral in Pereiaslav (1695–1700), built at the expense of Ivan Mazepa: history, a cruciform nine-part plan, a Baroque dome, the bell tower, brick on lime mortar and the fate of a church turned diorama museum.
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The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Lutsk: a Jesuit church by the castle gate
The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Lutsk, a former Jesuit church: its history since 1610, a facade with sculptures, two towers, a dome, underground vaults and fires.
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The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Kozelets: the Rozumovskys' mother church
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Kozelets, Chernihiv region: commissioned by Natalia Rozumovska, architects Kvasov and Hryhorovych-Barskyi, five domes, a bell tower with four orders and a five-tier limewood iconostasis.
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The Church of St Michael the Archangel in Uzhok: Boyko quiet below the pass
The wooden Church of the Holy Archangel Michael in Uzhok (1745), a UNESCO site: the craftsmen Pavlo Toniv and Ivan Tsyhanyn, three log frames and three tops without Boyko symmetry, the 1895 “the churchwarden raised it” inscription, a bell tower from the 1920s and the legend of a church that came down the hill.
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The Church of the Assumption in Letychiv: Our Lady within fortress walls
The Dominican Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Letychiv (1606–1638, rebuilt in the 1720s): a fortified friary within the walls of the Potocki castle, a facade with a gable and stone finials, a round tower, the icon of Our Lady of Letychiv and a Soviet stable.
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The Church of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn: oak, three log frames and an iconostasis of 1650
The wooden Church of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn, a UNESCO site: history, a three-frame structure, the five-tier iconostasis of 1650, wood and stone.
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The Church of the Nativity of Christ in Ternopil: a fortress church by the town rampart
The Church of the Nativity of Christ in Ternopil (1602–1608): a townspeople’s foundation, the mason Leontii, a tripartite triconch plan, sandstone walls up to 2 m thick, defensive towers, a chapel above the narthex, rebuildings in 1808 and 1936–1937, and a hypothesis about the Kamianets Gate.
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The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Nyzhnii Verbizh: five tops built on an outlaw legend
The wooden Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Nyzhnii Verbizh (1756–1808), a UNESCO site: the founder Hryhorii Semeniuk and the legend of the opryshky’s treasure, a cross-shaped five-domed plan, Baroque altars, sheet metal instead of shingles, and a debate about the “Hutsul” type.
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The Church of the Saviour at Berestove: three epochs in one wall
The Church of the Saviour at Berestove in Kyiv: events from 1015 to 2026, what was lost and recreated, lesser-known facts, legends, historical figures and sources.
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The Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Berdychiv: a sanctuary the town calls a fortress
The Discalced Carmelite monastery and the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Berdychiv (1627–1754): Janusz Tyszkiewicz's vow, two churches one above the other, a concave facade with clock towers, Jan de Witte's bastions, a crowned icon, a museum of atheism and the fire of 1941.
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The Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr: a church built of thin brick
The Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr: 39 events from 1160 to 2026, what was lost and restored, little-known facts, legends, figures and sources.
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The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: a church built three times
The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: 40 events from 1073 to 2026, the Baroque rebuilding after the 1718 fire, the 1941 explosion and the historians' versions, the rebuilding of 2000, legends, key figures and sources.
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The Dormition Cathedral of the Pochaiv Lavra: a church on a two-tier terrace
The Dormition Cathedral of the Pochaiv Lavra: 39 events from the tradition of 1240 to 2026, what was lost and restored, little-known facts, legends, key figures and sources.
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The Dormition Cathedral of the Sviatohirsk Lavra: a church beneath a chalk mountain
The Dormition Cathedral of the Sviatohirsk Lavra (1859–1868, architect Aleksey Gornostayev): its history from the wooden church of 1698, a cinema in Soviet times, and the confirmed damage of 2022–2023.
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The Dormition Church in Lviv: the Renaissance speaking Ukrainian
The Dormition (Wallachian) Church in Lviv with the Korniakt Tower and the Chapel of the Three Hierarchs: the history of the brotherhood, Italian architects, a Doric frieze with reliefs, stone and stained glass.
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The Dormition Church in Zymne: Gothic that put on five domes
The Dormition Church of the Sviatohirskyi Monastery in Zymne, Volyn: the legend of Prince Volodymyr, the stone church of 1495, buttresses, towers, rebuildings and five domes.
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The Greek Church in Kropyvnytskyi: a church that never closed its doors
The Greek Church (Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God) of 1805–1812 in Kropyvnytskyi: the Greek community of Yelysavethrad, Classical porticoes, a dome on a drum and the 1828 bell tower.
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The Holy Cross Exaltation Cathedral in Poltava: seven domes above the Vorskla
The Holy Cross Exaltation Cathedral of the Poltava monastery (1689–1709, according to other data until the 1720s): a story of three hetmans and the Kochubeis, a three-aisled seven-domed plan, a 47-metre bell tower and Baroque masonry.
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The Holy Spirit Church in Potelych: a potters' church with 17th-century wall paintings
The Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Potelych: 35 events from the first mention of the town to 2026, the dispute over the 1502 date, 17th-century wall paintings, visitations, restorations, UNESCO and enhanced protection, legends and sources.
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Hustynia: five domes above an island on the Udai
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Hustynia Monastery near Pryluky (1672–1676, funded by Hetman Ivan Samoilovych): a cross-shaped nine-part plan, five domes, tiered facades, the legend of three martyrs, Shevchenko’s watercolours and a Soviet clinic.
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Samar: nine domes of wood
The wooden nine-domed Holy Trinity Cathedral in Samar (formerly Novomoskovsk), 18th century: master builder Yakym Pohribniak, Cossack Baroque, three altars.
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The Holy Trinity Church in Mezhyrich: five domes behind a fortress wall
The fortress church of the Holy Trinity at the Mezhyrich monastery near Ostroh: endowments of the Ostrozkyi princes, the Franciscans, five domes, buttresses, defensive galleries, brick and sandstone.
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The Holy Trinity Church in Zhovkva: an iconostasis of the Zhovkva school
The Holy Trinity Church in Zhovkva: 32 events from the predecessor church to the 2026 restoration, an iconostasis of the Zhovkva school (Stobenskyi, Petranovych), restoration and UNESCO, legends, key figures and sources.
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The Holy Trinity Church of the Motronynskyi Monastery: a church that had to be built twice
The Holy Trinity Church of the Motronynskyi Monastery in Kholodnyi Yar (1800–1804, consecrated 1805): the history of the Koliivshchyna monastery, the collapse of 1802, a nine-part cruciform plan, glazed tiles under the cornice and the rebuilding of 1889–1900.
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The Horiany Rotunda in Uzhhorod: six niches and a riddle of dates
The Horiany Rotunda in Uzhhorod: a church hexagonal in plan with six niches, a 14th-century Gothic nave, frescoes of the Italian school of Giotto's time and many versions of its dating.
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The Intercession Cathedral in Kharkiv: the three crowns of the city's oldest building
The Intercession Cathedral of 1689 in Kharkiv: history, a two-tier church with three crowns, the arcade of the undercroft, the masonry and the colour of the walls. Photos and IKONASTONE drawings.
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The Intercession Cathedral in Okhtyrka: a church on the site of a found icon
The Intercession Cathedral of 1753–1768 in Okhtyrka: the story of the Okhtyrka Icon, a troubled construction, a Baroque tripartite church, the Presentation bell-tower church and lessons in masonry.
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The Intercession Church in Sutkivtsi: a church that could defend itself
A 15th-century fortress church in Sutkivtsi, Khmelnytskyi region: history, a tetraconch plan, loopholes, stone walls on lime mortar and Gothic vaults.
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The Resurrection Church in Sumy: the city's first stone building, with two churches inside
The Resurrection Church in Sumy (consecrated 1702): the oldest building in the city, the burial church of the Kondratiev colonels, a two-storey three-part church with the lower Church of St Andrew the First-Called and the upper Church of the Resurrection, a bell tower of 1906, the legend of the walled-up sister and a drone strike in 2025.
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The Seminary Church of the Three Holy Hierarchs in Chernivtsi: brick, tiles and a Byzantine dome
The Church of the Three Holy Hierarchs at the Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans in Chernivtsi, a UNESCO site: Josef Hlávka's design, red brick, patterned roof tiles, murals by Karl Jobst and Epaminonda Bucevschi.
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The Struk Church in Yasinia: a Hutsul cross of five log frames
The Ascension (Struk) Church in Yasinia: 25 events from the first mention of the village to UNESCO, the date 1824 and the bell tower of 1813, the inscription of 1894, the Carpatho-Ukraine stamp, restorations, legends and sources.
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The Transfiguration Cathedral in Bila Tserkva: a church built for its founder's own tomb
The Transfiguration Cathedral in Bila Tserkva (1833–1839), founded by Countess Aleksandra Branicka: a Neoclassical cross-plan church with a dome on a high drum, a Tuscan portico, the founder's plundered grave, an archive, a sports hall and its return in 1989.
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The Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernihiv: 11th-century stone and plinthos
The Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernihiv: history from the 11th century, mixed masonry of stone and plinthos, marble columns, a slate floor, towers and the iconostasis.
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The Transfiguration Cathedral in Dnipro: a church on the foundation of an unrealised plan
The Transfiguration Cathedral in Dnipro (founded 1787, built 1830–1835): Potemkin's plan to outdo a Roman basilica, Guerout's design, the attribution to Andreyan Zakharov, a foundation plaque with coins, an anti-religious museum, the iconostasis saved by Yavornytskyi, and a six-tonne bell of 2008.
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The Transfiguration Cathedral in Novhorod-Siverskyi: Classicism above the Desna
The Transfiguration Cathedral of the Novhorod-Siverskyi Monastery: an old 12th-century church, a new cathedral by Giacomo Quarenghi of 1791–1796, five domes, Tuscan porticoes and Ionic columns inside.
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The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa: a church built twice
The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa: its foundation in 1794, Frapolli's bell tower, destruction in 1936, reconstruction in 1999–2010 and the missile strike of 23 July 2023.
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The Transfiguration Cathedral in Vinnytsia: Catholic church, rubber store and organ hall
The Transfiguration Cathedral in Vinnytsia, the former Dominican Church of the Annunciation (mid-18th century, consecrated 1761, designed by Paolo Fontana) in the Mury complex: a Latin cross, two towers, the Grocholski crypt, 18th-century murals, a warehouse, a sports hall and an organ hall.
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The Transfiguration Church in Velyki Sorochyntsi: a hetman's burial church with nine tops
The Transfiguration Church in Velyki Sorochyntsi (1718–1725, consecrated 1732): the burial church of Hetman Danylo Apostol, the only known masonry cruciform nine-domed composition in Ukraine, a seven-tier iconostasis from the workshop of Vasyl Reklinskyi, and the baptism of Gogol.
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The Trinity Gate Church: a church above the entrance that nobody got round to “improving”
The Trinity Gate Church of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (12th century, Baroque renewal in the late 17th–18th centuries): the prince-monk Mykola Sviatosha, the Holy Gate, the 1734 murals with Cossack officers, a two-sided iconostasis and a cast-iron floor.
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