Watchmaker's Day. Wall, Street and Tower Clocks of Ukraine

Our life is scheduled to the minute, and we constantly check the time by electronic, wrist and street clocks, and when we notice a fault in the clockwork we turn to the masters of time. Not everyone knows that on 3 November watchmakers celebrate their professional holiday together with jewellers, since specialists of these magical crafts are called masters of golden work, or masters with golden hands.

 

In the watchmaker's workshop

Kokhavyne. The Monastery of Saint Gerard

Cases of neglect and destruction of monuments of sacred architecture are, sadly, encountered quite often. Sometimes the buildings are restored by parishioners of a different religious denomination, while preserving the original appearance of the church. That is what happened in the historic locality of Kokhavyne, in the settlement of Hnizdychiv in the Lviv region.

Hnizdychiv. Kokhavyne. Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God. The former Ascension kostel. 1894.

Zhydachiv — Hnizdychiv — Ruda. An Impromptu Trip Wins

I had long planned to travel to the district centre of the Lviv region, the town of Khodoriv. At the Stryi railway station it turned out that the local train went only as far as Zhydachiv, also a district centre and one of the oldest towns of the Lviv region. I had not been there either. Zhydachiv? Let it be Zhydachiv, then. When you plan something for a long time, your plans have a way of changing radically afterwards.
I ride along, looking out of the window, observing and committing things to memory. Passing the station of Hnizdychiv, I noticed in the distance a kostel with a tall tower.