Losiach

Losiach Лосяч
Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony
Losiach Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 48°54′55″N 26°4′46″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Chortkiv Raion
Hromada	Skala-Podilska settlement hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	48710

Losiach (Ukrainian: Лосяч) is a village in Skala-Podilska settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

History

Near the village, archaeological monuments of ancient Rus' culture were discovered, in particular, in 1877, archaeologist Adam Kirkor, who found a human skeleton with a bronze ring on his finger under a large stone slab.[2]

The village has been known from 1540.[2]

After the liquidation of the Borshchiv Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Chortkiv Raion.[3]

Religion

• two stone churches of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (1903, OCU; 2007, UGCC)[2]
• St. Anthony's Church (1872, RCC)[2]

References

1. Скала-Подільська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
2. (in Ukrainian) Мельничук Б., Мизак Н., Петраш Б., Івахів, Г., Лосяч // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 1: А—В, S. 529—530. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
3. Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"

Sources

• (in Ukrainian) Бігус М., Шишкевич, Г., Лосяч // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2005, V. 2: К—О, S. 393. — ISBN 966-528-199-2.
• "Łosiacz, wś w pow. borszczowskim". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 5. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1884. p. 731.