Church of the Benedictines
Monastery and Church of the Benedictines
Ukraine, Lviv
The church and monastery of the Benedictines is an architectural monument in Lviv. It is located in the central part of the city, on Vechevoy street, 2.
The complex was built by the famous Lviv architect Pavel Romanin in 1595. The complex is surrounded by protective walls (preserved from the 17th century) and served as the defense of the Lvov Posad. The buildings were damaged by a fire in 1623 and then restored by 1627. After a fire in 1748, the complex was restored by the architect M. Urbanik. As a result of reconstruction, the church lost its original appearance.
The Benedictine church is made of stone; it is a rectangular structure, single-nave, covered with a cross vault with archasolium niches in the side walls. Outside, the walls of the church are divided by niches with windows placed in them, the corners of the building are reinforced with buttresses. The façade is decorated with carved white-stone portals and a tower on the south façade, which is crowned with a Doric frieze and a figured Renaissance attic. A two-storey stone cell building adjoins the southeastern part of the church. The cell building retained the techniques and elements of Renaissance architecture.
Now the Benedictine church is called the Church of All Saints, and the monastery is called the Monastery of the Holy Intercession of the Studite Sisters.