Christmas church in Ternopil

About

The Church of the Nativity of Jesus Christ (Ukrainian: Церква Різдва Христового) is a historical fortified parish church located in the center of Ternopil, Ukraine, at 22 Ruska Street. It belongs to the architectural style known as a conch church. It has been declared a monument of architecture of national significance (protection number 636).

The Church of the Nativity of Jesus Christ was built as an Orthodox church from dressed sandstone blocks between 1602 and 1608 by the builder Leontii. It is situated in the old part of the city and is architecturally interesting in both its structure and interior furnishings.

The church houses the miraculous Icon of the Ternopil Mother of God.

For a time, it served as a Greek Catholic church, and later as the deanery church of the Greek Catholic Metropolia of Halych. From the time of the so-called Synod of Lviv (1946), it was under the administration of the Russian Orthodox Church. After the collapse of the USSR, it belonged to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and from 2018, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.