The St. Epiphany Convent of Kremenets

The St. Epiphany Convent of Kremenets is a cult building located in the town of Kremenets, Ternopil region, as well as a monument of architecture of national importance. It was founded in 1633 by Ukrainian noblemen as the Orthodox monastery. There was a brotherhood functioning at the St. Epiphany Monastery, a school, a printing house, and a hospital. In 1839 the St. Epiphany Monastery stopped its existence, and in 1865 it was restored as the same-name Orthodox monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, and in 1953 it was reorganized into a convent. The ensemble of the convent, surrounded with a stone fence, includes the St. Epiphany Cathedral, a two-storey building for nuns, and the St. Nicholas Church (both are the buildings of the mid-18th c., performed in the late baroque style), a bell tower with a small Church of the Venerable Iov of Pochayiv (early 20th c.), and outbuildings.