Holy Trinity Church

The Holy Trinity Church, built in 1720, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site — part of the collective designation of sixteen wooden tserkvas (Eastern Orthodox churches) of the Carpathian Region spanning Ukraine and Poland. The listing recognises these timber structures as outstanding examples of a regional vernacular building tradition that developed over several centuries.

The church has three wooden naves and a brick sacristy, the latter added when the original wooden predecessor burned in 1717. The interior is dominated by the iconostasis, with approximately 50 icons painted in the early 18th century. The wooden carving, from linden wood, is remarkably fine for a building of this scale. The church now belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and remains in active use — visit in the morning for the best chance of finding it open.

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The iconostasis inside was carved from linden wood and painted by masters of the Zhovkva Painting and Carving School, a regional tradition that produced some of the finest sacred woodwork in 18th-century Ukraine. The school's founder, Ivan Rutkovych, trained a generation of craftsmen whose work survives in churches across the western Ukraine.

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