Zavaliv Monastery
Zavaliv, Ukraine
The St. Nicholas Monastery (Ukrainian: Завалівський монастир Святого Миколая) is a lost Basilian monastery of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It was located in on Kamiana Hora village of Zavaliv, in the Pidhaitsi Hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast.
History
The existence of the monastery is dated to the beginning of the 17th century, although the exact date of its founding remains unknown. The first accounts regarding the establishment of the monastic community are shrouded in military legends, which were first recorded by Joannicius Galiatovsky, and later, in 1755, by the lord of Zavaliv, Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski. The legendary tradition links the monastery's foundation to military events from the time of the Tatar raids.
According to the accounts, the Ruthenian Voivode Roman (or Prince Roman Ostrogski, the brother of King Daniel of Galicia, according to Jabłonowski's version) was surrounded by the troops of Khan Buniak. Saint Nicholas appeared to him in a dream, commanding him to go into battle and build a church in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos (Mother of God) at the place of the future victory, and a church in honor of Saint Nicholas himself between the three ramparts where he was resting. Having won the victory over the Tatars, Roman followed these instructions, founding the St. Nicholas Monastery in Zavaliv.
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