Mezhyrich Monastery

Holy place. Stay a while. Peaceful.

Nice and quiet place, however it is under Russian control, disappointing.

This monastery close to Ostrog town became a wonderful place and architectural highlight again after reconstruction and restoration in the last few years . Not as famous as Počajiv or Pidkamen monasteries but worthy to visit in Western Ukraine at all.

Super Everything is well maintained There are even large cages on the street with parrots and some kind of bird😄😃

The outstanding architectural ensemble of the defensive Trinity Monastery in Mezhyrich has been adorning the cape formed by the confluence of the Viliya and Svitenka rivers for six centuries. This monument of the Volyn architectural school combines the traditions of ancient n constructive techniques with elements of Gothic-Renaissance architecture of the XV-XVII centuries. According to legend, the Orthodox monastery on this site was founded by Kiev-Pechersk monks during the Mongol-Tatar invasion. In the XV century. Prince F. Ostroh began construction of a wooden castle with the Trinity Church in the center of the courtyard, which became the main fortified monastery. His descendants soon built a stone temple in ancient forms. In the beginning. XVII century the monastery passed to the Catholic Order of Franciscans, who added Gothic and Renaissance decor to the church, added two two-story cell buildings with paired round towers at the corners, and surrounded the complex with stone fortress walls with jagged defensive towers in the Renaissance style. All this gave the monastery the appearance of an elegant medieval castle. In the middle of the XIX century. the complex was destroyed by fire, it remained in desolation for a long time. Currently, the monastery was returned to the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. The Mezhyrich Icon of the Mother of God, crowned by Catholics, is preserved here. It is the ancestral icon of the Ostroh princes, as well as the miraculous icon of Anthony the Great.