Holy Trinity Church (Lviv)

Orthodox Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church - Orthodox Church in Lviv ( Ukraine ) on Antonovich Street . Belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate . Liturgy in the church is held in Church Slavonic .

Initially, the Lviv church in the name of the Holy Trinity began to be built in 1897 , but at the request of the Austrian authorities it was consecrated in 1901 in the name of the Holy Martyr George the Victorious ^[1] . In 1994, the priest of the Lviv diocese Vladimir Sharabura received the blessing of Archimandrite John (Krestyankin) for the construction of a new Holy Trinity Church ^[1] in 2002 on the former territory of the Kineskop factory, which during the Soviet period produced television tubes, picture tubes and defense products and was busted during the independence of Ukraine.

The building consists of the first floor of the warehouse building, the six upper floors are dismantled and stored as supporting metal structures. The new church was built under the nourishment of the inhabitant of the Holy Assumption Pochaev Lavra, Archimandrite Dimitry (Shevkenik) ^[1] . The first service was held on April 11, 2004 , and since 2007 the service has become daily ^[1] . A Sunday school was opened at the church, a library and a church shop were equipped ^[2] . In 2009, a new iconostasis was assembled, and the completion of the prosphorny was completed ^[1] . For the temporary bell tower of the temple in Yaroslavl , ten bells were cast ^[1] . On June 2010, on Sundays and holidays, two Divine Liturgies served in the church, three priests and two deacons obeyed at the church ^[1] .