Kolyndiany

Kolyndiany (Ukrainian: Колиндяни, Polish: Kolędziany) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Kolyndiany rural hromada.

Kolyndiany Колиндяни
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Kolyndiany Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 48°57′55″N 25°56′54″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Chortkiv Raion
Hromada	Kolyndiany Hromada
Population  (2018)
• Total	1,652[1]
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	48552

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1481.^[2]

In the XV century, the Stamenski nobles built a castle, which was rebuilt into a palace in 1840.^[3]

From 29 July 2015, it has been the center of the Kolyndiany rural hromada.^[4]

Religion

• Saint Nicholas church (OCU, brick, 1889)^[3]
• Saint Nicholas church (UGCC, 2009)^[3]
• Church (RCC, early XX century)^[3]

Chapels

• one on the site of the house where Yosyf Yosafat Bilan lived and worked^[3]
• two chapels in honor of the Independence of Ukraine (1994, brick)^[3]

People from Kolyndiany

• Yosyf Bilan, priest of the UGCC, a Basilian, and a long-term prisoner of communist camps^[3]