Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary

The Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary is located in the city's Old Town, north of the market square. It used to be the cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv until 1945. Since 2000, it serves as a cathedral of the Eparchy of Ukraine of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

About this building

Key Features

  • Architecture
  • Monuments
  • Interior features

Visitors information

  • Bus stop within 100m
  • Café within 500m

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Church of Transfiguration

The church was originally built between 1703 and 1731. Back then, it was used as a Roman Catholic church of the Holy Trinity of the Trinitarian Order. The style of the building was French classicism with a Baroque interior. The monastery was abolished by the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II in 1783, after which the church was used as a library of the Lviv University. In 1848, the building was destroyed by Austrian artillery during the Spring of Nations. It was the Greek Catholic Church that rebuilt the church. Most of the original design was kept, but the apse was added to the short presbytery, and domes that now dominate the facade were built on the church towers. The interior needed to undergo much deeper changes to suit the needs of Eastern Rite liturgy.

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Dormition Church

The complex of the Church of the Assumption or Dormition, built in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a Renaissance church, which today is part of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The structure of the building is supported by columns in the Italian Renaissance style. The walls are separated by pilasters with window arches and bas-reliefs. The interior is decorated with paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries and an iconostasis from 1773.

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Boim Chapel

Built between 1609 and 1615 is a small private shrine of Boim Family. Is among the prime examples of mannerist architecture in Central Europe! The entire facade is covered with a splendid carving.