Dormition Church, Lviv
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The Dormition or Assumption Church is the main Orthodox church in the city of Lviv
, Ukraine
. At present it is leased to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
.
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 which also operated a well-known Orthodox school and press.
The church's architecture bears the mark of the Renaissance
. This especially applies to the profusely decorated façade of the adjacent Chapel of the Three Hierarchs, built between 1574 and 1591 to Piotr Krasowski's designs.
Nearby is one of Lviv's most conspicuous landmarks, the Korniakt Tower, which was carried to its present height of 65 meters after a conflagration in 1695. This ornate bell-tower was originally commissioned by Corniaktos from architect Piotr Barbon in the 1570s.
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. At present it is leased to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church is one of the three major Orthodox Churches in Ukraine. Close to ten percent of the Christian population claim to be members of the UAOC. The other Churches are the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Russophile Orthodox...
.
It was constructed in the late 16th and early 17th centuries with funds provided by the Greek merchant Constantine Corniaktos
Constantine Corniaktos
Constantine Korniakt was a Greek merchant active in Eastern Europe and a leaseholder of royal tolls who collected...
and other members of the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood which also operated a well-known Orthodox school and press.
The church's architecture bears the mark of the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
. This especially applies to the profusely decorated façade of the adjacent Chapel of the Three Hierarchs, built between 1574 and 1591 to Piotr Krasowski's designs.
Nearby is one of Lviv's most conspicuous landmarks, the Korniakt Tower, which was carried to its present height of 65 meters after a conflagration in 1695. This ornate bell-tower was originally commissioned by Corniaktos from architect Piotr Barbon in the 1570s.