Kolyndiany

Kolyndiany
Колиндяни
Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas (1888)
Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas (1888)
Flag of Kolyndiany
Coat of arms of Kolyndiany
Kolyndiany is located in Ternopil Oblast
Kolyndiany
Kolyndiany
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 48°57′55″N 25°56′54″E / 48.96528°N 25.94833°E / 48.96528; 25.94833
Country Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
HromadaKolyndiany Hromada
Population
 (2018)
 • Total
1,652[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48552

Kolyndiany (Ukrainian: Колиндяни, Polish: Kolędziany) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Kolyndiany rural hromada.

Geography

The village is located on the Nichlava river not far from Chortkiv.[2]

History

According to local retellings, forests located on the edge of the modern village once hosted a fortified city called Raihorod (Ukrainian: Райгород), which was destroyed by Tatars, leaving only remains of walls.[2]

The first written mention of the village was in 1481.[3]

In the XV century, the Stamenski nobles built a castle, which was rebuilt into a palace in 1840.[4]

From 29 July 2015, it has been the center of the Kolyndiany rural hromada.[5]

Religion

  • Saint Nicholas church (OCU, brick, 1889)[4]
  • Saint Nicholas church (UGCC, 2009)[4]
  • Church (RCC, early XX century)[4]

Chapels

  • one on the site of the house where Yosyf Yosafat Bilan lived and worked[4]
  • two chapels in honor of the Independence of Ukraine (1994, brick)[4]

People from Kolyndiany

  • Yosyf Bilan, priest of the UGCC, a Basilian, and a long-term prisoner of communist camps[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Відповідь Чортківської РДА на інформаційний запит №01-1026 від 9 липня 2018 року". Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  2. 1 2 Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 3. 1994. pp. 1078–1081.
  3. ↑ Михайловський В. Історія, мова, географія: топоніми середньовічного Поділля. — К.: Темпора, 2021. — S. 236. : іл. — ISBN 978-617-569-469-5.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (in Ukrainian) Віктор Уніят, Мар'ян Федечко, Колиндяни // Ternopil Oblast. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 478—479. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
  5. ↑ ВВРУ, 2019, № 1, s. 36.