Saint Paraskeva Church, Kozyna, Ternopil Oblast

Saint Paraskeva Church
Церква святої великомучениці Параскеви
Religion
Affiliation	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Location
Location	Kozyna, Hrymailiv settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Shown within Ternopil Oblast
Geographic coordinates	49°17′29″N 26°15′04″E
Architecture
Completed	1730

Saint Paraskeva Church (Ukrainian: Церква святої великомучениці Параскеви) is a Greek Catholic parish church (UGCC) in Kozyna of the Hrymailiv settlement hromada of the Chortkiv Raion of the Ternopil Oblast, the church and bell tower are an architectural monument of national importance.[1]

History

The first church of St. Paraskeva in the village of Kozyna was built in 1730. The church was consecrated by at. Lisenetskyi. In those years, the parish of Kozyna was a subsidiary parish of the village of Kokoshyntsi. Archival sources state that during the years of at. Semen Liakhovych's ministry, "an old wooden church and bell tower burned down in Kozyna, and in 1864 a new church was built of oak wood...".[2]

• 1946–1993 – the church was subordinated to the ROC.[2]
• 1960 – the state authorities closed the church.[2]
• 1993 – the parish of Kozyna resumed its activities in the bosom of the UGCC. The parish is a subsidiary of the parish of Krasne.[2]
• 1994 – the church was restored.[2]

The brotherhood Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network operates at the parish.[2]

Priests

• at. Mykhailo Povidaichuk (1730–?)[2]
• at. Hryhorii Prokopovych (1750–?)[2]
• at. Semen Liakhovych (1853–?)[2]
• at. Dmytro Ksonzhek (1892–1943)[2]
• at. Ivan Pachovskyi[2]
• at. Oleh Sarabun (1994–1998)[2]
• at. Stepan Hordii (1998–2006)[2]
• at. Stepan Viityshyn (2006)[2]
• at. Oleh Sarabun (administrator from 2006 to the present)[2]

References

1. Лист Тернопільського обласного центру охорони та наукових досліджень пам'яток культурної спадщини № 326 від 20.10.2021 r.
2. Парафія с. Козина. Церква святої великомучениці Параскеви, Бучацька єпархія УГКЦ. Парафії, монастирі, храми. Шематизм, Автор концепції Куневич Б.; керівник проєкту, науковий редактор Стоцький Я., Тернопіль : ТОВ «Новий колір», 2014, s. 82. : іл., ISBN 978-966-2061-30-7.