St. Sophia Church

The Church of St. Sophia in Zolochiv was built in 1995-2005 by the Orthodox community led by Fr. Vasyl Sagan and designed by Iryna Kmit. In 2004, Kost Markovych painted the dome with the participation of Roman Kyslyy, Ihor Teplyy, Andriy Urbanovych, and Oleksiy Cherednichenko. In 2005, Oleksii Cherednichenko, a graduate student of the Department of Sacred Art at the Lviv National Academy of Arts and Sciences, under the guidance of K. Markovych, developed a project for the painting of the vaults and altar part of the church and began its implementation. M. Tronets, D. Horditsa, D. Vasylkiv, D. Pshenychnyi, S. Cherednichenko, E. Tyshchenko, O. Mysiak. The painting was completed in 2006. The iconostasis and iconostasis design and carving were developed and executed by Vasyl Khomyk. The icons in the iconostasis and the Crucifixion were painted by K. Markovych. The author of the stained glass windows is Taras Balukh.