St George's Cathedral, Lviv
The UGCC archcathedral on St George's Hill — the summit of Lviv rococo.
The cathedral was built in 1744–1761 to Bernard Meretyn's design and completed by Clemens Fesinger; above the portal is Pinsel's equestrian figure of George the Dragon-Slayer, on the steps statues by Starzewski and Filevych. The first church on the hill stood as early as about 1280 under prince Lev; from 1539 it has been the seat of the bishops of Halych and Lviv, and in the bell tower hangs Ukraine's oldest dated bell — of 1341. In the crypt rest Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, brought back from Rome in 1992, Volodymyr Sterniuk and Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky. The cathedral was returned to the UGCC on 19 August 1990, in 1998 the ensemble entered the UNESCO list, and in 2001 John Paul II prayed here. In June 2025 the unsafe cross of 1870 was taken down from the dome, and on 2 October it was returned to its place, restored; the replaced rays are displayed in the cathedral.
Open daily 7:30–20:00, admission free; the crypt is closed during services.