Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church in Kremenets

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Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church in Kremenets
Базиліка святих Ігнатія Лойоли і Станіслава Костки
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Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Stanislaus Kostka church in Kremenets, 2016
Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church in Kremenets
50°05′47″N25°43′27″E / 50.0963°N 25.7242°E / 50.0963; 25.7242
Location Kremenets
Country Ukraine
Denomination Eastern Orthodoxy
Previous denomination Catholic Church
History
Founded1731
Founder(s) Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki
Dedication Ignatius of Loyola
Architecture
Functional statusactive

Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Stanislaus Kostka church in Kremenets is a church in Kremenets, Ukraine.

Formerly a Jesuit Roman Catholic church, designed by Paweł Giżycki and build around 1731–1745, it was converted into a parish church following the disbandment of Jesuits in the late 18th century, then into an Orthodox church in mid-19th century, briefly restored to Catholics during the Second Polish Republic time, converted into a sports center during the Soviet Union time and following the fall of the Soviet Union, turned over to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) as Church of the Transfiguration.

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