Kolyndiany ( uk, Колиндяни, pl, Kolędziany) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
,
Kolyndiany rural hromada.
History
The first written mention is from 1444.
In the XV century, the Stamenski nobles built a castle, which was rebuilt into a palace in 1840.
Since 29 July 2015, it has been the center of the
Kolyndiany rural hromada.
[ВВРУ, 2019, № 1, s. 36.]
Religion
* Saint Nicholas church (OCU, brick, 1889)
* Saint Nicholas church (UGCC, 2009)
* Church (RCC, early XX century)
Chapels
* one on the site of the house where
Yosyf Yosafat Bilan lived and worked
* two chapels in honor of the Independence of Ukraine (1994, brick)
People from Kolyndiany
*
Yosyf Bilan, priest of the UGCC, a Basilian, and a long-term prisoner of communist camps
References
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Kolyndiany rural hromada
Villages in Chortkiv Raion