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Monastyrok, Ternopil Oblast

Coordinates: 48°43′56″N 25°51′30″E / 48.73222°N 25.85833°E / 48.73222; 25.85833
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Monastyrok
Монастирок
Exaltation of the Holy Cross church
Exaltation of the Holy Cross church
Monastyrok is located in Ternopil Oblast
Monastyrok
Monastyrok
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 48°43′56″N 25°51′30″E / 48.73222°N 25.85833°E / 48.73222; 25.85833
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
HromadaBilche-Zolote Hromada
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48733

Monastyrok (Ukrainian: Монастирок) is a village in Bilche-Zolote rural hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

History

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The first written mention is from 1600.[2]

Religion

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  • Exaltation of the Holy Cross church (18th century, which houses a miraculous icon of the Mother of God)[2]
  • Yazychnytska Cave (a cave-temple of the pre-Christian period, length – 28 m, area – 50 sq. m., a natural monument of local importance), near which there is a pagan altar – Dovbush's stone (the remains of a monastery and a chapel – "Sviatynia yazychnykiv" with niches carved in the rock, where traces of ancient inscriptions remain, here the image of Jesus Christ is constantly displayed on the wall)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Більче-Золотецька територіальна громада, Децентралізація
  2. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Б. Петраш, О. Цинайло, Монастирок // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 1: А—В, S. 534—535. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.