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Hoshiv Monastery - Dovbush Rocks

 Ivano-Frankivsk - Hoshiv - Dovbush Rocks, Ukraine

Individual tour

Car + guide

Location

90 km from Ivano-Frankivsk

Convenient date for you

Daily, upon request

Convenient time for you

Duration 9/10 hours

Overview

Hoshiv monastery is a greek catholic monastery of Chin St. Basil the Great in the village of Hoshiv, Dolinsky district in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. It is considered one of the greatest religious and historical-architectural shrines of Western Ukraine. The first monastery and church in Goshiv were built in the 16th century. After the attack of the Tatars, the monastery was again rebuilt on the top of Yasna Mountain. For centuries, monks removed the attacks of Tatars and defended their greatest shrine, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. It is a copy of the Chenstokhovskoy icon. The icon was named "Queen of the Carpathians". Nowadays, the icon is located in an area of the monastery. Pope Benedict XVI blessed and sanctified gold crowns for the Goshiv miraculous icon in 2009.

The Dovbush Rocks in the village Bubnyshche is a group of natural structures carved out of the rock at around 668 m, which formed here more than 70 million years ago. The area of the monument is overgrown with beech and spruce forests.
According to archeological data, before the spread of Christianity, there was a pagan temple and later a Christian monastery was probably founded here. The name of the formations comes from a leader of the opryshky movement, Oleksa Dovbush. They hid their treasures here.

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Included

  • Transport and excursion service along the route

Excluded

  • entrance tickets