Cathedral, Ternopil
A late-baroque Dominican church of 1749–1779 — now the UGCC archcathedral.
The Dominican Church of St Vincent Ferrer was founded in 1749 on a site allotted by the owner of Ternopil, Jozef Potocki; it was built until 1779, and the founder's grandsons also financed it. The design is attributed to August Moszynski. The three-nave basilica of dressed sandstone in the late baroque style is crowned by two three-stepped towers, square in plan, with pyramidal tops; the murals were painted by Stanislaw Stroinski and Jozef Chojnicki of Lviv. In 1944 the church and monastery were severely damaged; by 1959 the church had been rebuilt, then it housed a store of theatre scenery, and in 1978–1989 a picture gallery. On 23 December 1989 the church was consecrated for the Greek Catholics; in 1993 it became a cathedral, and in 2011 the archcathedral of the UGCC. In 2018 the “Crypt” museum opened beneath the north nave.
A working cathedral: view quietly during services; “Crypt” museum — daily 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–18:00, Sat 10:00–17:00, Sun and holidays 14:00–15:00 and 16:00–18:00, groups by appointment on 097 765 94 14 (cathedral website, checked 01.10.2026). Ternopil is being attacked by drones: on 13.09.2026 a transport infrastructure facility was hit and one person was injured (LB.ua, 13.09.2026), and on 29.09.2026 debris from a downed drone fell on an industrial facility (ZAXID.NET, 29.09.2026).