Dormition Church

The Dormition or Assumption Church is a Ukrainian Orthodox church in the city of , . At present it belongs to the Lviv Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: church in Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Dormition”, “Dormition Church, Lviv”, and “Ставропігійна Церква Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці”
  • Address: Руська вулиця 9, 79008

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lubomirski Palace and Lviv Arsenal Museum.

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The palace of Prince Stanisław Lubomirski was built in the 1760s to Jan de Witte's design on the site of several older houses. The palace's main façade, featuring decoration by Sebastian Vessinger, is on Market Square.

Museum
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The City Arsenal is the oldest of three historic arsenal buildings in , . The other two are the Royal Arsenal and Sieniawski Arsenal. It is a rectangular two-storey structure with a miniature octagonal on the north side. is situated 110 metres southeast of Dormition Church.

Museum
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The Korniakt Palace on Market Square in is a prime example of the royal kamienica, or townhouse. The fabric of the palace is of various dates. It was originally built by Polish architect Piotr Barbon for merchant Konstanty Korniakt, a champion of Greek Orthodoxy and co-founder of the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood. is situated 120 metres west of Dormition Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lviv and Lychakiv.

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is in and used to be the capital of East Galicia. It's the biggest city of the region and a major Ukrainian cultural centre on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Dormition Church

Latitude
49.84208° or 49° 50′ 32″ north
Longitude
24.03444° or 24° 2′ 4″ east
Inception
1629
Levels
6
Open location code
8GX6R2RM+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41388724
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q575468
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Dormition Church” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վերափոխման եկեղեցի”
  • Belarusian: “Успенская царква”
  • Bulgarian: “Успение Богородично (Лвов)”
  • Bulgarian: “Успение Богородично”
  • Chinese: “圣母升天教堂”
  • Chinese: “圣母安息教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖母升天教堂”
  • Dutch: “Ontslapeniskerk (Lviv)”
  • Dutch: “Ontslapeniskerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه الرقاد”
  • French: “église de l’Ascension”
  • French: “Église de l’Assomption de Lviv”
  • French: “Église de l’Assomption”
  • German: “Maria Schlaf”
  • German: “Mariä-Entschlafens-Kirche”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית הדורמיציון (לבוב)”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Asumsi, Lviv”
  • Italian: “chiesa della Dormizione”
  • Italian: “Chiesa della Dormizione”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Wołoska we Lwowie”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Wołoska”
  • Polish: “Wieża Korniaktów”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului din Liov”
  • Russian: “Ансамбль Успенской церкви во Львове”
  • Russian: “Волошская церковь”
  • Russian: “Успенская церковь”
  • Serbian: “Успењска црква у Лавову”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de la Dormición (Leópolis)”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de la Dormición”
  • Ukrainian: “Волоська церква”
  • Ukrainian: “Комплекс Успенської церкви”
  • Ukrainian: “Руська церква”
  • Ukrainian: “Успенська (Волоська) церква”
  • Ukrainian: “Успенська церква у Львові”
  • Ukrainian: “Успенська церква”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці (Львів)”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստուածածնի Վերափոխման հայկական տաճարը (Լվով)”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստուածածնի Վերափոխման հայկական տաճարը”

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