Bernardine Monastery, Lviv
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A fortified monastery of 1600–1630 with the church of St Andrew; damaged by a drone attack on 24 March 2026.
The Bernardine church and monastery were built from 1600, the present church in 1613–1630: Bernard Avelides's design was developed by Paolo Romano and Ambrosius Prykhylny, and the mannerist gable was completed by Andreas Bemer. The three-nave basilica of 33 × 58 m has 16 altars and frescoes by Benedykt Mazurkiewicz of 1738–1740; the bell tower dates from 1734, the column of St John of Dukla from 1736, the rotunda over the well from 1761. The monastery's own walls formed part of the city fortifications — of them the Hlyniany Gate remains. In 1784 the Austrian authorities placed an archive in the cells, and today the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv is here; the church of St Andrew is served by the Basilian fathers. On 24 March 2026 a drone attack caused a fire in the buildings by the walls, blew out windows and damaged the bell tower; 4 of the 16 stained-glass windows were destroyed, and the rest were taken down for safekeeping. Legend has it: a monk set the clock five minutes forward so that the gates were closed before the Tatars.
The ensemble was damaged by a russian strike on 24.03.2026: the blast wave and fire destroyed the roof, walls and shutters of the bell tower and damaged the stained glass (Galinfo, 22.09.2026). Restoration of the stained-glass windows of the main nave of St Andrew's Church will begin in October 2026 and last 10 months (Galinfo, 22.09.2026); the church is in use — on weekdays services at 7:30, 9:30, 17:00 and 18:00, on Sunday also at 12:00 (lviv.travel, 01.09.2026). The square in front of the church is a busy traffic junction.