St. Jura Monastery
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Chervonograd, Lviv region.
St. Jura Monastery
The monastery and church of St. Jura was founded in Chervonograd by the squirrel voivode Shu Pototsky in 1763 for the Greek-Catholic Order of Basilians. In 1771-76 on the site of wooden structures under the project arch. I. Zelner was built a stone church and cells. The architecture combines features of late Baroque and classicism. The monastery was liquidated in 1946 by the Polish authorities. In 1980, a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism was opened in the church building, and an art gallery was opened in the cells. In 1989, the museum was moved to the Potocki Palace, and the temple complex was transferred to the Greek Catholic community.