Church of the Dormition, Pisochna
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| Church of the Dormition Церква Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Location | |
| Location | Pisochna, Rozvadiv rural hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine |
  Shown within Lviv Oblast | |
| Coordinates | 49°27′00″N 23°58′10″E / 49.45000°N 23.96944°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1893 |
Church of the Dormition (Ukrainian: Церква Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці) is a Greek Catholic parish church (UGCC) in Pisochna of the Rozvadiv rural hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast. In the church, Mykhailo Havrylko and Olena from Hordiievskyi were married.[1][2]
The wooden church was built in 1893, replacing an old wooden church that had already existed in [1832].[3]
The parish was visited by Auxiliary Bishop Bohdan Manyshyn (2018,[4] 2019)[5] and Bishop Taras Senkiv Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi (2019,[6] 2020,[7] 2021,[8] 2023[9]).
The parish has a community "Moms In Prayer" (2008) and the Spiritual and Educational Center named after Fr. Markiian Shashkevych (2019).[4][5] From 2018, the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (transported from Florence, Italy) have been kept in the church.[10]
Number of parishioners: 1832 – 747, 1844 – 752, 1854 – 815, 1864 – 794, 1874 – 906, 1884 – 1.037, 1894 – 1.030, 1904 – 976. 1914 – 1.192, 1924 – 1.287, 1936 – 1.352.[3]