Monastir-forteca ordenu bosih karmelitiv, Berdychiv

The monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Berdyczów - a historic monastery complex of the Carmelite Order in Berdyczów, founded in 1630 at the site of the former Tyszkiewicz Fortress and called the fortress of the Blessed Virgin Mary; For centuries, one of the most important places of religious worship, science and culture in the Ukrainian lands, in the 17th and 18th centuries playing a significant political and military role. The turbulent history of the region forced religious to leave the monastery four times - they also returned four times. In 2011, the Catholic Church announced him a national sanctuary of Ukraine.

The Carmelites conducted missionary, ecumenical, pastoral, pilgrimage, publishing, printing, patriotic, defensive, charity, as well as educational and educational and educational - nun They maintained and run a school.