Sheptytskyi Monastery

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The Sheptytskyi Monastery of St. George (Ukrainian: Шептицький монастир) was founded by the Order of St. Basil the Great in the city of Krystopil (now Sheptytskyi, Lviv Oblast) in 1763 thanks to the initiative of Franciszek Salezy Potocki, Voivode of Belz. This monastery is famous for its magnificent Baroque church, which houses a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary that attracts many pilgrims. The monastery library was particularly valuable, as it housed rare ancient manuscripts on parchment, including the priceless Horodyshche Apostle (12th century) and Horodyshche Gospel (12th–13th centuries), which originated from the Horodyshche Basilian monastery. In 1892, the Krystynopil Monastery became an important milestone in the biography of Roman-Maria Sheptytsky, as it was here that he took his perpetual vows. This monastery also served as a place for his teaching activities, where the future Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky taught theology. In 1946, the Soviet regime liquidated the monastery. Later, in 1980, its premises were used as a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism. The revival began in 1989–1990, when the buildings were finally returned to the Basilian monastic order. A new page in history was opened in 1994: the monastery's main relic, the Krystynopil Icon of the Virgin Mary, was returned to it, and a men's lyceum was opened there.