Description of the attraction
Goshevsky Basilian Monastery is a well-known place of pilgrimage for believers of Greek Catholics from various countries. For the first time, the monastery near Goshev was mentioned in documents from 1509. Initially, the Hoshevsky Monastery was located in the Krasny Dilok tract. In the 17th century, this monastery was burned down by the Tatars and rebuilt again on Yasnaya Gora, where it is now.
Initially, the building of the monastery was made of wood. In 1835-1842 it was dismantled and built of stone. The monastery flourished during the reign of Metropolitan A. Sheptytsky. Before the outbreak of the First World War, this monastery was one of the largest spiritual centers in Galicia. In 1939, the Soviet government began to persecute the Greek Catholic monks and, in connection with this, tried to close the monastery. In spite of everything, it held out until 1950, after which it was completely eliminated. In the premises of the monastery there was an orphanage, later an army warehouse, and then a recreation center.
In the early 1990s, the monastery was revived with the support of believers. With their donations, the monastery premises and the church were repaired, all traces of the presence of public structures here were eliminated. With the help of German restorers, five large canvases from the 18th century were restored and 15 new ones were created. In the Hoshevsky Monastery, electronic bells are installed, which are the only ones in Ukraine.
The main shrine of the monastery is the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Hoshevskaya of the 18th century (this shrine is a copy of the icon of the Czestochowa Mother of God). She is often called the "Queen of the Carpathians". On August 28, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI solemnly crowned the Hoshevskaya Icon of the Mother of God. During the Bishop's Liturgy, clothes and a crown were applied to the icon. This was the second coronation of the icon after the 18th century.
