Church of the Presentation, Baroque church in central Lviv, Ukraine
The Church of the Presentation is a Baroque building with stone walls, curved facades, and multiple levels of dimension stone construction. Carved figures of Saint Joseph and Saint Teresa adorn the facade along with decorative stone vases arranged across the different levels.
Giovanni Battista Gisleni designed the building in 1644 with a Latin cross layout that defined its interior arrangement. This period marked a time when Baroque design dominated European architecture and shaped many structures across the city.
The church was originally dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto and renamed Our Lady of the Candle (Presentation) in 1842. Since the early 21st century it has served the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, with Roman Catholic services also held. In 2019 the parish briefly voted to join the Orthodox Church of Ukraine before remaining Greek Catholic.
The church stands on the even side of Vinnychenka Street, its main facade facing the street, at number 30a. The monastery adjoins it on the south and east and has its own inner courtyard. The entrance is through the columned portico topped by a triangular pediment.
The facade's pediment carries the gilded coats of arms of the Sobieski (Janina) and Daniłowicz (Sas) families, founders of the convent. In the niches stand stone vases on the lower tier and statues of Saint Joseph and Saint Teresa of Ávila, carved by Andreas Schwaner in 1688.
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