St. Paraskeva Church, Lviv

The Church of St. Paraskevi in Lviv (Ukrainian Церква святої Параскеви П'ятниці) is located at Khmelnytsky 77 B (Ukr вул.

Due to the persecution of the Orthodox Church in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth funds for reconstruction was provided by Moldavian Voevod Vasile Lupu, which was completed in 1644.

The single-nave church has a defensive character – its walls are thick and the windows small, also further demonstrated by the loopholes in the upper storeys of the tower.

The wall bears the coat of arms of Moldova of the hospodar – the head of an aurochs with the sun, moon and star.

A decorative element of the tower is an attic with a blind arcade of arches of Romanesque and Renaissance pilasters.