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Shvaikivtsi Shvaikivtsi is a village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine. It belongs to Zavodske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the former Shmankivchyky village council. Geography Located on ...

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Zavodske settlement hromada Zavodske settlement hromada ( uk, Заводська селищна територіальна громада, translit=Zavodska selyshchna terytorialna hromada is a hromada in Ukraine, in Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. The administrative c ...

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Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...

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Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...

History

The first written mention of the parish, then still Orthodox and subordinate to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, dates back to the XI-XIII centuries. 1732—1733 — the general visit of the parish was made by Fr. Sylvester Malskyi, OSBM.Скочиляс, І. Генеральні візитації Київської унійної митрополії XVII-XVIII століть: Львівсько-Галицько-Кам'янецька єпархія, т. 2: Протоколи генеральних візитацій. — Львів : Видавництво УКУ, 2004. — CIXIII, 107 с. 1734 — the temple was built. The donors are parishioners of the village of Shvaikivtsi. 1758 — the church is rebuilt (blessing date unknown). On November 20 of the same year, Fr. Anthonii Onufrievych. XVIII—1946 — the parish was Greek Catholic. From 1946 to 1957 the parish and the church belonged to the ROC. 1958—1989 — the church was closed by the Soviet authorities. 1989—1990 — the parish and the church again belonged to the ROC. 1990 — The church returns to the UGCC. As the parish and the church are subsidiaries, priests from the parish of the village of

Hadynkivtsi Hadynkivtsi ( uk, Гадинківці) is a village located in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province in western Ukraine). It belongs to Kopychyntsi urban hromada, one of the hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна ...

served here. 2004 - on the Independence Day of Ukraine, the chapel of All Saints of the Ukrainian people was consecrated. On the territory of the village there is a monument to St. Florian - the guardian, built at the expense of Mr. Rodorf in 1864, as well as a monument to the Blessed Martyr Hieromonk

Vitalii Bairak Vitalii ( rus, Вита́лий, Vitaliy, uk, Віта́лій, Vitalii; Vitalij, , la, Vitalis) is a masculine given name of Ancient Rome origin. In ancient Rome it was a nickname, there was also a related cognomen (generic nickname) Vitalianus, ...

, OSBM, consecrated by Bishop Irynei Bilyk. The parish includes all the peasants of which there are 150 people. The altar fraternity operates at the church. Catechesis in the church is conducted by a priest.

Abbots

* at. Ivan Melchan (1718—1743), * at. Litinskyi, * at. Stefan Savichevskyi, * at. Makar Savichevskyi (1784-1817), * at. Mykhailo Struminskyi, * at. Yakiv Shankovskyi, * at. Ivan Senatovych (1838-1840), * at. Semen Lukasevych (1840-1842), * at. Oleksii Navrotskyi (1842-1843), * at. Fylyp Holinatyi (1843-1844, 1845-1847), * at. Dmytro Khodorovskyi (1844-1845), * at. Mykola Chaplinskyi (1847-1848), * at. Yakiv Horbachevskyi (1848-1850), * at. Tom Boratynskyi (1850-1855), * at. Ivan Kornii (1855-1890), * at. Klyment Sonevytskyi (1891-1928), * at. Dean Vasyl Kvik (since 1990).

References

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Sources

* Парафія с. Швайківці. Церква Воздвиження Чесного Хреста Господнього // Бучацька єпархія УГКЦ. Парафії, монастирі, храми. Шематизм / Автор концепції Куневич Б.; керівник проекту, науковий редактор Стоцький Я. — Тернопіль : ТОВ «Новий колір», 2014. — С. 179. : іл. — ISBN 978-966-2061-30-7. * Слободян, В. До історії сіл Гадинківці та Швайківці і їх церков // Християнська сакральна традиція: Віра, духовність, мистецтво. Матеріали ІI Міжнародної наукової конференції, м. Львів, 24-25 листопада 2010 р. (Апологет). — Львів, 2010. — С. 245—265. * Анісомова, М. Пустімо в серце чесноти Мудрості, Віри, Надії й Любові // Голос народу. — 2012. — № 27 (29 червня). — С. 5. — (Істини). Churches in Ukraine