Church of the Holy Cross (Vozdvyzhenska, Zdvyzhenska, Nadstavna) is the oldest church in

Ternopil Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The populatio ...

in western

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. It is an architectural

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of national importance which was built at the end of the 16th century. It is located on a hill overlooking Ternopil Pond and was built by Polish Crown Hetman Jan Tarnovsky on the site of an ancient wooden cathedral which dated back to Kyivan Rus times.

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Buildings and structures in Ternopil Churches in Ternopil Churches of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine {{Ukraine-struct-stub