St. Nicholas Church
St. Nicholas Monastery

Zhydychyn Ukraine

Ukrainian Orthodox

The church belonged to the Zhydychyn Saint Nicholas Monastery, that dated from the 1200s. The monastery was Orthodox (1227-1618), Greek Catholic (1618-1795), and then Roman Catholic (1829-1839). The St. Nicholas church was built in 1723; the monastery closed in 1839. In 2003 the monastery was restored under the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate.