Hoshiv ( uk, Гошів; pl, Hoszów) is a village in the
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...
Bolekhiv
Bolekhiv ( uk, Болехів, translit=Bolechiw; pl, Bolechów; yi, באָלעכאָוו) is a regional city in Kalush Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( province) of Ukraine. It was once home to a large Jewish community, very few of whom ...
and 12 km north west of Dolyna, at around . The village is known for its Basilian monastery which is a place of pilgrimage for the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Monastery
The monastery at Hoshiv was established in 1570. In the 17th century it was plundered and destroyed by Tatars and later rebuilt at its present location on top of a hill called Yasna Hora, in homage to the Pauline
Monastery of Jasna Góra
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...
. The present day monastery buildings and church of the Transfiguration were built at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1736 the monastery received from its founders the wonder working icon of the Mother of God, a copy of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa held in the Jasna Góra Monastery in Poland. The monastery was closed by the Soviets in 1950 and could only be restored with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The monastery is once again a popular destination for pilgrims of the
Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople.
Th ...
St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is a Ukrainian church located in Chicago and belonging to the St. Nicholas Eparchy for the Ukrainian Catholics. The building has an ultra-modern roof, comprising thirteen gold domes which s ...
. The altar is sometimes used for outdoor services, such as Pascha Blessing. In 2006, a restoration and relandscaping of the grotto into a memorial garden was done, and the space is now dedicated to deceased parishioners.
Gallery
File:Келії, дзвіниця та церква Преображення Господнього на Ясній Горі в Гошові.JPG, Basilian Monastery complex in Hoshiv
File:Фігура Божої Матері на Ясній Горі в Гошові.JPG, Figure of the Virgin Mary on Yasna Hora
File:Церква Преображення Господнього на Ясній Горі в Гошові, вигляд ззаду.JPG, The Church of the Transfiguration in Hoshiv
File:Greek-Catholic monastery in the village Hoshiv. Ukraine..JPG, Greek-Catholic monastery in the village Hoshiv