Monastery and church of St. Onuphrius, Lviv

The Basilian Monastery and Greek Catholic Church of St. Onuphrius in Lviv, Ukraine is located north of the Old Town, at the base of the Castle Hill.

Records mention a wooden church existed at this site already in the 13th century during the reign of Leo I of Halych.

In 1776 the church was connected with the previously separate chapel of the Holy Trinity, adjoining it to the north, a new classicist bell tower was built in 1820 and in the years 1821-1824 the presbytery was extended and a sacristy added.

The church's present day look dates to 1902 when the southern nave was constructed symmetrically and both were topped with hexagonal domes.

Under Soviet rule the church was closed and changed into a museum of the first Russian printer Ivan Fedorovych, who worked in the monastery at the end of the 16th century and is buried there.

Coat of arms of Lviv
Coat of arms of Lviv