Velyki Hrybovychi ( uk, Вели́кі Грибо́вичі) 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 ...

Lviv Raion Lviv Raion ( uk, Львівський район) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished ...

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...

in western

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. It belongs to

Lviv urban hromada Lviv urban territorial hromada ( uk, Львівська міська територіальна громада, translit=Lvivska miska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada (municipality) in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast, in Lviv Raion. The hromada's ad ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. The population of the village is about 1232 people. Local government is administered by Hrybovytska village council.

Geography

The village is located in the direction

Highway M09 (Ukraine) Highway M09 is a Ukrainian international highway ( M-highway) which is part of the Warsaw - Lviv route. It starts as a split-off from the M12 near Ternopil, runs through Lviv, then turns north and heads towards the border with Poland. The highwa ...

() at a distance from the regional center of

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

and from the district center

Zhovkva Zhovkva ( uk, Жовква ; pl, Żółkiew; yi, זאָלקוואַ, translit=Zolkva; russian: Жо́лква, 1951–1992: ''Nesterov'') is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Zhovkva hosts the administration of Zho ...

. The village

Mali Hrybovychi Mali Hrybovychi ( uk, Малі́ Грибо́вичі, pl, Grzybowice Małe) is a small village ( selo), which has only 414, persons and is located in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine. The village is located at a distance of from the v ...

is located not far, a distance of , from Velyki Hrybovychi.

History

The first written mention dates back to year 1440.
In the village was a

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parish but the

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parish was in a nearby village

Malekhiv Malekhiv ( uk, Малехів) is a village in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast located at a distance of northeast of the city of Lviv. It is at a distance from the raion’s seat, Zhovkva, and from Velyki Hrybovychi. Malekhiv belongs to Lviv urban hr ...

. Until 18 July 2020, Velyki Hrybovychi belonged to

Zhovkva Raion Zhovkva Raion ( uk, Жо́вківський райо́н) was a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Zhovkva. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, w ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Zhovkva Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.

Attractions

An architectural monument of local importance of the

is in the village Velyki Hrybovychi. It is the St. Cosmas and St. Damian's Greek Catholic Church, built in 1897 (1927-M). Пам'ятки архітектури Жовківського району Construction of the church was started in 1897 and been completed in the 1906. Church was consecrated by

Metropolitan Archbishop Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...

Andrey Sheptytsky Andrey Sheptytsky, OSBM (; uk, Митрополит Андрей Шептицький; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death in 1944. His tenure spann ...

on April 22, 1908.

Gallery

File:SS Cosmas and Damian Church. Velyki Hrybovychi.JPG, SS Cosmas and Damian Church File:Sts Cosmas & Damian Church. Velyki Hrybovychi.JPG, Sts Cosmas & Damian Church

References

External links

village Velyki Hrybovychi

Geographical Names; Velikiye Gribovichi: Ukraine

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Literature

* uk, Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р., сторінка 532 Villages in Lviv Raion