Dormition Church, Lviv
| Dormition (Wallachian) Church | |
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| Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |
The complex of the Dormition Church is dominated by the 400-year-old Korniakt Tower..
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| 49°50′31″N 24°02′04″E / 49.8420°N 24.0344°E | |
| Location | Lviv, Ukraine |
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| History | |
| Dedication | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Paolo Romanus |
| Style | Renaissance (Mannerism) |
| Groundbreaking | 1591 |
| Completed | 1629 |
The Dormition or Assumption Church (Ukrainian: Успенська церква, Uspenska tserkva; historically known as the "Wallachian Church") is a Ukrainian Orthodox church in the city of Lviv, Ukraine. At present it is leased to the .
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lviv (commonly known as Dormition church, or historically as "Wallachian Church") is a Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Lviv, located in the Old Town, in Renaissance style. The current building is built in place of a ruined church in the period 1591-1629 by Paulo Romanus, Wojciech Kapinos and Amvrosiy Prykhylny; the bell tower was erected in the years 1571-1578 by Peter Barbon.
The Orthodox Church complex is located at vulytsia Ruska and consists of a church building, a bell tower (Korniakt Tower) and a chapel (chapel of the Three Saints).
The second church was erected on the initiative of the Lviv Brotherhood, and the founder of the bell tower and the chapel was Constantine Corniaktos, a Greek merchant. Korniakta Tower is considered one of the most precious monuments of Ukrainian architecture of the sixteenth century Mannerism architectural style.
It was constructed in the late 16th and early 17th centuries with funds provided by the Greek merchant Constantine Corniaktos and other members of the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood, a local bratstvo which also operated a well-known Orthodox school and press. The work was supported by many others, such as Hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Moldavian hospodars Ieremia Movila and Simion Movila, and even the Russian Tsar Feodor I. Simion Movila's son, Peter Mogila, became the Metropolitan of Kiev, Halych and All-Rus' from 1633 until his death, and later was canonized as a saint in the Orthodox churches of Romania, Ukraine and Poland. A memorial plaque to Peter Mogila is affixed to an outer wall of the church.
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