Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the former Dominican Church, is located in Ternopil. A monumental Roman Catholic church built in the European Baroque style was built on the site of an Orthodox church. It was built by architect August Moshchinsky in 1749-1779. At the same time, a two-storey cell building was built.

From 1820 to 1901 the church was at the disposal of the Jesuits, and in the cells there was a gymnasium. In 1908-1910, the dome of the church was restored, the frescoes were updated. The cathedral was badly damaged during World War II, but was rebuilt in the 1950s. In 1992, after another restoration, the church building was transferred to the Greek Catholic community.

The temple is decorated with two square towers with stepped cone-shaped endings and a large oval dome. The southern tower of the cathedral used to have a clock, and the facades were decorated with statues. The ancient interior of the temple is not preserved. The cathedral contains copies of the four most famous icons in the Ternopil region: Pochaev, Zarvanitsky, Ternopil and Terebovlyansky Mother of God. In addition, such shrines as the relics of St. Charbel, the blessed hieromartyrs Omelian Kovch and Nicholas Charnetsky, the Hieromartyr Josaphat, as well as the relics of St. Nicholas of Myrlicia and a stone from the Holy Land - from the place where Jesus Christ delivered the Sermon on the Mount. At the main entrance since 2004 there is a monument to Cardinal Joseph the Blind.