The Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God

d. Sambor

The Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God

The Greek-Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin was built in 1738 at the expense of the Komarnitsky magnates next to the first wooden Rusyn church in the city of the XVI century. The painting was performed by the icon painter Yablonsky. In the new temple from the old was transferred Sambor miraculous icon of the Mother of God, crowned in 1928. After World War II, it was considered lost, but in 1996 it was found, restored and returned to the temple. Tourists are more attracted by the fact that this church stores the relics of St. Valentine - the patron saint of lovers. The holy relics, which had previously rested at the cemetery of St. Priscilla in Rome, were transferred to Sambor by the Vatican in 1759. The authenticity of the relic is confirmed by the document of the Pope. On the Day of Lovers and on Stretch, relics are circled around the temple and put in the center for a week.