Comments on: Abandoned Roman Catholic Churches in the Galician Countryside

By: Stolen Saint: Ukraine Authorities Retrieve the Holy Warrior Bas-Relief of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki from an Online Auction - INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT ARTS COUNCIL

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:43:38 +0000

[…] Believed to depict Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (as a Holy Warrior), the Western Romanesque-styled limestone carving could only come from areas where this specific saint was honoured, i.e. Greece, Bulgaria, or more likely, Galicia–Volyn, the former principality in post-Kyivan Rus whose structures were built in the late twelfth century through the middle of the fourteenth century. The rural landscape of this area, now predominantly situated in western Ukraine, is speckled with fo… […]

By: sieniawska

sieniawska — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:44:03 +0000

straszne , poniszczone nie tylko kościoły katolickie ale także kawał kultury europejskiej nie przez wojny , niestety nie przez wojny tylko przez sowiecką głupotę i lub aż nie tylko radziecką ,bo rodzimą głupotę również też

By: Patricia Swick

Patricia Swick — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 04:42:55 +0000

In reply to Karen.

Hi Karen,

My family also came from the Ternopil region and were Roman Catholic poles. I don’t know any more than that about there origins but know they ended up in Kenora Ontario.

Good luck in your search,

Patricia Swick

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Занедбані римо-католицькі храми в сільській місцевості Галичини – НАДРІЧНЕ — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:32:06 +0000

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By: Deborah Wianecki-Dadu

Deborah Wianecki-Dadu — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:28:21 +0000

Thank you for posting article and photos Areta Kovalska! And thanks also to Anna Zolotnyuk for her photos! My father’s mother (ne Bejowicz/ Rzeszutko), an RCC Pole, was from Ternopil region- Kozowa. I now wonder if she ever laid eyes on any of these churches. Thank you again! (BTW…looking for family)

By: David Chollet

David Chollet — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 19:01:50 +0000

On page 116 of the book SUICIDE OF THE EMPIRES (by British historian Alan Clark) there is a photo of Russian troops fleeing past a church in Galicia during the summer of 1917. The church appears to be Catholic, and was located in either the Ternopil of Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts (most likely the former). The internet now offers a better and full length version of this dramatic picture, which spelled doom for the revolutionary Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky. Should the church still exist, a “Then and Now” photo essay would be most appropriate. Good luck!

By: Pete Best

Pete Best — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 01:48:06 +0000

Hello, very nice to see visually the history. I wonder if you would be able to help me find a old picture of my mother’s mother standing next to a seated priest? Early 1900 – 1919 near Kal’ne sell? Her name was Anna Hilarska

By: Joseph G. V. Maciora

Joseph G. V. Maciora — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:34:34 +0000

This is important to document for the present and to honor the Polish Roman Catholic tradition and these people’s lives. Perhaps the churches could be renovated? Used as chapels for people wanting to get babies baptized or get married ? Housing? Cultural sites?

By: Areta

Areta — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 12:40:36 +0000

In reply to Karen. Thank you, happy to hear :) I wish you luck with your family research! Best, Areta

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 12:19:33 +0000

How fabulous, photos are great! Thank you for posting. I’m just doing my family history which were mainly Roman Catholic Poles from the Ternopil region. Incredibly sad period of human kind… Some from Kosiv and Slobodka (still trying to work out which Slobodka though!!) Unlikely I will ever get over that way, family immigrated to Canada and I now live in Australia. So this article and photos were such a wonderful find. Thank you!