The monasteries of Ukraine number more than five and a half hundred active houses, from the cave lavras of the princely era to modern sketes in the Carpathians. This article is a complete index: the monasteries are arranged by region and by denomination, with a short description of each and links to the separate in-depth articles that are being published gradually. [1][2][3]
How to use this index. First come the official statistics and an explanation of the terms (lavra, skete, hermitage). Then the distribution by denomination, and after that tables for each region. The mark (historical) means that the house has been lost, is inactive, or survives only as an architectural monument.
Data sources: the report of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience as of 1 January 2026 (overall figures) and a consolidated list of the monasteries of Ukraine (the roll of houses). The roll covers both existing and lost monasteries by name and does not coincide with the number of registered legal entities.
How many monasteries are there in Ukraine: official statistics
According to the report of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience, as of 1 January 2026 there were 34,882 religious organisations operating in Ukraine, among them 551 monasteries — 243 women’s and 308 men’s. For comparison, as of 1 January 2024 there were 552 monasteries, so the network remains practically unchanged. [1][2]
| Denomination | Monasteries | women’s | men’s | Communities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UOC (Moscow Patriarchate) | 209 | 101 | 108 | 9 550 |
| Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 110 | 53 | 57 | 3 502 |
| Orthodox Church of Ukraine | 87 | 23 | 64 | 8 547 |
| Roman Catholic Church | ≈120 (22 %) | — | — | ≈950 |
| Total in Ukraine | 551 | 243 | 308 | 33 213 |
A telling fact: Catholics have more monasteries than their share of communities. The UGCC accounts for about 10% of the country’s communities but 20% of its monasteries; the Roman Catholic Church has even fewer communities yet around 22% of the monasteries. The reason is a different model of religious life: numerous small congregations (Basilians, Redemptorists, Studites, Servant Sisters, Dominicans, Franciscans), whereas the Orthodox tradition tends towards large houses. Lviv Oblast leads in the number of both monasteries and religious communities. [1][3]
Lavra, monastery, skete, hermitage: what is the difference
- Lavra — an honorary status held by the largest and most important men’s monasteries. Ukraine historically has three lavras: the Kyiv Caves, Pochaiv and Sviatohirsk; in the UGCC the status of lavra belongs to the house at Univ.
- Monastery — the general name for a community of monks or nuns with its own rule, church and superior (hegumen or archimandrite; in women’s houses, an abbess).
- Skete — a small secluded settlement of monks, usually attached to a large monastery and following a stricter rule (Maniava Skete).
- Hermitage (pustyn) — a house in a remote place; the classic Ukrainian examples are the Holosiivo and Kytaiv hermitages in Kyiv.
- Stauropegion — a monastery subordinate directly to the primate of the Church rather than to the local diocesan bishop.
- Metochion — a representation of a monastery in another city.
A short history of Ukrainian monasticism
The princely era (11th–13th centuries)
Ukrainian monasticism begins with the Kyiv Caves Monastery, founded in 1051 by Saints Anthony and Theodosius. Anthony brought to Rus the Athonite tradition of ascetic life in caves; Theodosius introduced the cenobitic Studite Rule. Most monasteries of old Rus derive from the Caves house, and the Kyiv Caves Paterikon became the foundation of Ukrainian hagiography. The same era saw the rise of the Vydubychi, St Cyril’s and St Michael’s Golden-Domed monasteries. [4]
The Lithuanian-Polish era and the Union (14th–18th centuries)
After the Union of Brest in 1596 monasticism divided. On the Orthodox side stood the Maniava Skete of Saint Job of Kniahynychi (1611) — the «Ukrainian Athos» — and the Mhar Monastery. Within the Uniate tradition the scattered houses coalesced into the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, which after the Dobromyl reform of 1882 became the principal monastic force in Galicia. At the same time a dense network of Latin monasteries arose in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Dominicans, Bernardines, Carmelites, Jesuits and Basilian sisters.
The Russian Empire and Soviet repression
After the partitions of Poland and the liquidation of the Union on the Right Bank, monasteries were transferred en masse to the Synodal Church. True catastrophe came under Soviet rule: houses were closed, monks repressed and churches destroyed. In 1936 St Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral was blown up and the Kyiv Caves Lavra was turned into a museum. After the pseudo-council of 1946 the Greek Catholic Church was banned and its monasteries liquidated; monastic life went underground.
Revival after 1989
With the legalisation of the UGCC and the coming of independence a mass restoration began: from 55 monasteries in the early 1990s the network grew to more than 530. St Michael’s Golden-Domed was rebuilt, the Maniava Skete restored, and Krekhiv, Hoshiv and Buchach returned to the Basilians. A new stage came after 2018 with the creation of the OCU and the transfer of communities and houses; in 2023 the Kyiv Caves Lavra became a stauropegion of the OCU. [5]
The impact of the full-scale war
The Russian invasion of 2022 caused direct harm to monastic houses. The worst affected was the Sviatohirsk Lavra in Donetsk Oblast: shelling, fires, monks killed and numerous refugees sheltering in the monastery. Monasteries in the occupied territories of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts are effectively beyond the reach of Ukrainian jurisdiction. [2]
Monasteries by denomination
OCU — Orthodox Church of Ukraine
In the index: 8 houses (3 regions).
- Holynskyi Monastery of Annunciation — vil. Holyn Kaluskyi district — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Maniavskyi Monastery of Exaltation of the Cross — vil. Maniava Bohorodchanskyi district — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Monastery of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos — town Horodenka — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Uhornytskyi Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration — vil. Uhornyky Kolomyiskyi district — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Feodorivskyi Monastery — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Monastery of Nativity of Christ (Volodymyr) — Volyn Oblast
- Zahorivskyi Monastery (historical) — Volyn Oblast
- Zhydychynskyi Monastery St Nicholas — Volyn Oblast
UOC (MP) — Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
In the index: 36 houses (4 regions).
- Bohoiavlenskyi Kremenetskyi Convent of — town Kremenets — Ternopil Oblast
- Dukhivskyi Pochaivskyi Monastery of — town Pochaiv — Ternopil Oblast
- Pochaivska Lavra of — town Pochaiv — Ternopil Oblast
- Zahaietskyi Monastery of — vil. Velyki Zahaitsi Shumskyi district — Ternopil Oblast
- Brailivskyi Convent of Holy Trinity — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Hranivskyi Monastery of Dormition — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Nemyrivskyi Convent of Holy Trinity stauropegic — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Sharhorodskyi Monastery St Nicholas — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Usiknovenskyi Monastery of skelnyi — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Convent of Holy Trinity Starosilskyi — Volyn Oblast
- Mezhyrich Monastery — Volyn Oblast
- Monastery St Nicholas — Volyn Oblast
- Monastery of Exaltation of the Cross Chartoryiskyi — Volyn Oblast
- Nyzkynytskyi Monastery of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos — Volyn Oblast
- Petropavlivskyi Monastery — Volyn Oblast
- Skete of Nativity St proroka i the Baptist Hospodnoho John Predtechi — Volyn Oblast
- Stritenskyi Mykhnivskyi Convent — Volyn Oblast
- Sviatohorskyi Monastery of Dormition Zymnenskyi stauropegic — Volyn Oblast
- Convent of Ascension — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Convent of Dormition — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Convent of Serafyma Sarovskoho — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Hermitage of Serhiieva — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Ioanno-Bohoslovskyi Convent — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Ioanno-Predtechenskyi Convent — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Kyrylo-Mefodiivskyi Convent — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery St Nicholas — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery St Nicholas (Karpovtlash) — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery of Archangel Michael — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery of Holy Trinity — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery of Kazanskoi of the Icon of the Mother of God — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery of «Per» in honour of Great Martyr John Sochavskoho — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Panteleimonivskyi Monastery — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Stefanivskyi Monastery — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Vvedenskyi Convent — Zakarpattia Oblast
UGCC — Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
In the index: 41 houses (11 regions).
- Basilian Monastery of Presviatoho of the Heart Khrystovoho (Zvanivka) — Donetsk Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos — vil. Pohonia Tysmenytskyi district — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of Tsaria Khrysta — town Ivano-Frankivsk — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of the Transfiguration — vil. Dzembronia Verkhovynskyi district — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of the Transfiguration — vil. Hoshiv Kaluskyi district — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Monastery of Congregation Voplochenoho Slova (buduietsia) — vil. Yezupin — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Monastery of Kontempliatyvnyi St Sofii Premudrosti Bozhoi — town Burshtyn — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos of the Sisters Presviatoi Rodyny — vil. Hoshiv — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos — vil. Zakernychne — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (Pokotylivka) — Kharkiv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Volodymyr the Great (Kherson) — Kherson Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of Presviatoi the Trinity (Kamianets-Podilskyi) — Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Basil the Great (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St George (Chervonohrad) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Joseph (Briukhovychi) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Nicholas (Krekhiv) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Onuphrius (Dobromyl) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Onuphrius (Lavriv) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Onuphrius (Lviv) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos (Pidhirtsi) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of Nativity of Christ (Zhovkva) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of the Ascension (Zolochiv) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Drohobych) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery St Alphonsus (Lviv) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of studytiv (Univ) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Order «Miles Yezu» (Lviv) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Redemptorists (Lviv) — Lviv Oblast
- Studite Monastery of Pokhodzhennia Dreva Khresta Hospodnoho (Pidkamin) — Lviv Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos — vil. Ulashkivtsi — Ternopil Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of the Holy Cross — town Buchach — Ternopil Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of the Transfiguration — town Chortkiv — Ternopil Oblast
- Krasnopushchanskyi Monastery of ottsiv Vasyliian — vil. Krasnopushcha — Ternopil Oblast
- Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos (frantsiskantsiv) — town Ternopil — Ternopil Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of Nativity St John the Baptist (Bar) — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Basil the Great (Lutsk) — Volyn Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Josaphat (Volodymyr-Volynskyi) — Volyn Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Michael (Imstychovo) — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Nicholas (Malyi Bereznyi) — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Basilian Monastery St Nicholas (Mukacheve) — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Basilian Monastery of Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos (Boroniavo) — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery of «Soboru of the Most Holy Theotokos» (Dzhublyk) — Zakarpattia Oblast
RCC — Roman Catholic Church
In the index: 38 houses (8 regions).
- Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters (Pokotylivka) — Kharkiv Oblast
- Monastery of the Capuchins (Starokostiantyniv) — Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Monastery St Teresa (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery St of the Heart (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of bonifratriv (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of bryhidok (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of frantsyskanok (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of reformativ (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of sharytok (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of teatyntsiv (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Benedictine Sisters (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Bernardines (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Calced Carmelite Sisters (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Calced Carmelites (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Capuchins (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Capuchins of piznishe — frantsyskantsiv (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters (Lviv, street Chuprynky) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters (Lviv, street Vynnychenka) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters of piznishe — frantsyskanok (Lviv, street Lysenka) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites (Lviv, street Persenkivka) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites (Lviv, street Vynnychenka) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Dominicans (Lviv, ploshcha Muzeina) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Dominicans (Lviv, street Bandery) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Dominicans (Zhovkva) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Franciscans (Lviv, street Teatralna) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Jesuits (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Sacramentine Sisters (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of trynitariiv (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of yosyfitok (Lviv) (historical) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of the Calced Carmelite Sisters (Dubno) — Rivne Oblast
- Monastery of the Carmelites of the Order bosykh of the Blessed Virgin Mary — town Chortkiv — Ternopil Oblast
- Karmelitskyi Monastery (Bar) — Vinnytsia Oblast
- Dominican Convent of the Order Blessed Imelda — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery of konhrehatsii of the Daughters St Frantsyska Assizkoho — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Monastery of the Daughters khrystyianskoi Liubovi Sv.Vikentiia de Pol — Zakarpattia Oblast
- Liubarskyi Monastery St George (historical) — Zhytomyr Oblast
- Liubarskyi Monastery of dominikanskyi (historical) — Zhytomyr Oblast
- Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites (Berdychiv) — Zhytomyr Oblast
AAC — Armenian Apostolic Church
In the index: 3 houses (2 regions).
- Monastery of Surb Khach — Crimea
- Monastery of the Benedictine Sisters of virmenskykh (Lviv) — Lviv Oblast
- Monastery of virmenskykh vasylianok (potim — misioneriv) — Lviv Oblast
Orthodox (unspecified) — Orthodox (jurisdiction not stated in the source)
In the index: 56 houses (9 regions).
- Balaklavskyi Monastery St George (cholovichyi) — Crimea
- Monastery of Katerlezkyi v name Great Martyr George v vil. Voikove pid town Kerch (zhinochyi) — Crimea
- Monastery of in honour of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos v Bakhchysarai (cholovichyi) — Crimea
- Monastery of v name St Paraskevy v vil. Navchalnyi (Verkhnia Topolivka) (zhinochyi) — Crimea
- Monastery of v name St apostola Klymenta v Inkermani (cholovichyi) — Crimea
- Monastery of v name St the Trinity v town Simferopol (zhinochyi) — Crimea
- Monastery of v name sviatykh bezsribnykiv Kosmy i Damiana v town Alushta (cholovichyi) — Crimea
- Monastery of v name sviatytelia Stephen Surozkoho pid town Sudak (cholovichyi) — Crimea
- Convent St Joseph Obruchnyka — Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Convent of Ascension — Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Hermitage St Nicholas Samarskyi monastyr — Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Ternivskyi Monastery of Ascension — Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Tykhvynskyi Convent — Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Znamenskyi Convent — Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Convent St Sergius — Donetsk Oblast
- Convent of in honour of Kasperivskoi of the Icon of the Mother of God — Donetsk Oblast
- Iverskyi Convent — Donetsk Oblast
- Monastery of Dormition Mykolo-Vasylivskyi — Donetsk Oblast
- Uspenska Sviatohirska Lavra — Donetsk Oblast
- Vasylivskyi Convent of ta Mykilskyi — Donetsk Oblast
- Convent of Khoroshívskyi Voznesénskyi pravoslavnyi — Kharkiv Oblast
- Andriivskyi Convent of (Yanchyn) pravoslavnyi — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Florivskyi Monastery (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Hnyletskyi Monastery — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Holosiivska Hermitage (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Klovskyi Monastery — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Kyievo-Bratskyi Bohoiavlenskyi Monastery — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Kytaivska Hermitage (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Mezhyhirskyi Monastery — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Monastery St Michael (Pereiaslav) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Monastery St Michael Zolotoverkhyi (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Monastery of Ascension (Pereiaslav) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Monastery of Holy Trinity Ioninskyi (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration Neshcherivskyi — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Monastery of Transfiguration (village Kniazhychi Kyivskoi oblasti) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Nikolo-Tykhvynskyi Monastery (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Rizpolozhenskyi Monastery (Tomashivka) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Vvedenskyi Monastery (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Vydubytskyi Monastery (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Yordanskyi Convent St Nicholas — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Zvirynetskyi Monastery (Kyiv) — Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
- Monastery St John v vil. Chuhynka, Shchastynskoho district, Luhanskoi oblasti (cholovichyi) — Luhansk Oblast
- Monastery of Venerable Serhiia Ihumena Radonezkoho v town Kreminna (cholovichyi) — Luhansk Oblast
- Skorbiashchenskyi Monastery of u town Starobilsk (zhinochyi) — Luhansk Oblast
- Convent of Transfiguration (Lviv) — Lviv Oblast
- Convent of Dormition — Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Monastery St Michael — Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Monastery St Savy Osviachenoho — Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Yelyzavetynskyi Convent — Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Horodnytskyi Monastery St George stauropegic — Zhytomyr Oblast
- Monastery of Kazanskoi of the Icon of the Mother of God (urochyshche Kypiache, vil. Chopovychi Malynskoho district) — Zhytomyr Oblast
- Monastery of Transfiguration Tryhirskyi — Zhytomyr Oblast
- Ovrutskyi Vasylivskyi Monastery — Zhytomyr Oblast
- Zhytomyrskyi Convent St Anastasii Rymlianyny — Zhytomyr Oblast
Not stated — denomination not stated in the source
In the index: 64 houses (11 regions).
- Cherkaskyi Monastery of Rizdvo-Bohorodychnyi — Cherkasy Oblast
- Convent St George — Cherkasy Oblast
- Convent St Nicholas Lebedynskyi — Cherkasy Oblast
- Convent of Holy Trinity Motronynskyi — Cherkasy Oblast
- Convent of Protection of the Theotokos Krasnohirskyi — Cherkasy Oblast
- Convent of in honour of of the Icon of the Mother of God «Ihumenia Afonskoi Hory» — Cherkasy Oblast
- Medvedivskyi Monastery St Nicholas — Cherkasy Oblast
- Onufriivskyi Monastery (Chubivka) — Cherkasy Oblast
- Onufriivskyi Monastery (Harbuzyn) — Cherkasy Oblast
- Trakhtemyrivskyi Monastery — Cherkasy Oblast
- Danivskyi Convent St George — Chernihiv Oblast
- Domnytskyi Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos — Chernihiv Oblast
- Hermitage St Nicholas -Rykhlivskyi monastyr — Chernihiv Oblast
- Kerbutivskyi Monastery of (Novomlynskyi) — Chernihiv Oblast
- Krupytskyi Monastery — Chernihiv Oblast
- Ladanskyi Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos — Chernihiv Oblast
- Monastery of Hustýnskyi Holy Trinity — Chernihiv Oblast
- Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration Novhorod-Siverskyi — Chernihiv Oblast
- Troitse-Illinskyi Monastery — Chernihiv Oblast
- Yeletskyi Monastery — Chernihiv Oblast
- Annynskyi Convent of Annyna mount — Chernivtsi Oblast
- Monastery St John the Theologian («Khreshchatyk») — Chernivtsi Oblast
- Monastery St Nicholas «Halytsia» — Chernivtsi Oblast
- Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos «Horecha» — Chernivtsi Oblast
- Boryso-Hlibskyi Monastery (Vodiane) — Kharkiv Oblast
- Convent of Fomovskii Uspensko-Serafymivskyi — Kharkiv Oblast
- Monastery of Archangel Michael (Lozova) — Kharkiv Oblast
- Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos (Kharkiv) — Kharkiv Oblast
- Zmiivskyi Monastery — Kharkiv Oblast
- Hryhorivskyi Monastery of Biziukiv — Kherson Oblast
- Bakotskyi Monastery St Michael pechernyi — Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Convent of Holy Trinity — Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Polonskyi Monastery — Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Convent St Michael Pelaheivskyi — Mykolaiv Oblast
- Illinskyi Monastery (Odesa) — Odesa Oblast
- Iverskyi Monastery (Odesa) — Odesa Oblast
- Kostiantyno-Eleninskyi Monastery (Izmail) — Odesa Oblast
- Monastery St Michael (Odesa) — Odesa Oblast
- Monastery St Nicholas (Izmail) — Odesa Oblast
- Monastery of Dormition (Odesa) — Odesa Oblast
- Monastery of Rizdvo-Bohorodychnyi (village Oleksandrivka) — Odesa Oblast
- Monastery of Transfiguration (village Borysivka) — Odesa Oblast
- Panteleimonivskyi Monastery (Odesa) — Odesa Oblast
- Pasytselskyi Monastery (Pasytsely) — Odesa Oblast
- Monastery of Exaltation of the Cross (Poltava) — Poltava Oblast
- Monastery of Nativity Bohorodytsi Kozelshchynskyi — Poltava Oblast
- Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos (Poltava) — Poltava Oblast
- Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration Mharskyi — Poltava Oblast
- Nekhvoroshchanskyi Monastery of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos — Poltava Oblast
- Pushkarivskyi Monastery of Ascension — Poltava Oblast
- Sokilskyi Monastery of Transfiguration — Poltava Oblast
- Belevskyi Monastery (Bilivski khutora) — Rivne Oblast
- Convent St Nicholas Horodotskyi — Rivne Oblast
- Dermanskyi Monastery (Derman Druha) — Rivne Oblast
- Koretskyi Monastery (Korets) — Rivne Oblast
- Monastery of Exaltation of the Cross (Dubno) — Rivne Oblast
- Monastery of Mezhyretskii (Mezhyrichi) — Rivne Oblast
- Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos (Hoshcha) — Rivne Oblast
- Skete St Pravednoi Anna (Onyshkovtsy) — Rivne Oblast
- Hlynska Hermitage — Sumy Oblast
- Monastery of Hamaliivskoho Kharlampiiev — Sumy Oblast
- Movchanskyi Monastery — Sumy Oblast
- Okhtyrskyi Monastery of Holy Trinity — Sumy Oblast
- Sofroniivskyi Monastery — Sumy Oblast
The most important monasteries of Ukraine: short descriptions
Houses of nationwide significance. A separate in-depth article is being prepared for each of them.
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
The oldest and most important monastery of Rus, founded in 1051 by Saints Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves. A UNESCO World Heritage site, famous for its Near and Far Caves holding the relics of more than 120 saints. Since 2023 a stauropegic monastery of the OCU.
Pochaiv Lavra
The second most important lavra of Ukraine, in Ternopil Oblast. A centre of veneration of the Pochaiv Icon of the Mother of God and the Footprint of the Theotokos. Dormition Cathedral of the 18th century. Belongs to the UOC (MP).
Sviatohirsk Lavra
A lavra on the chalk cliffs above the Siverskyi Donets in Donetsk Oblast. Cave churches and the unique St Nicholas Church on the rock. Severely damaged by the Russian invasion. Belongs to the UOC (MP).
Univ Lavra
The Holy Dormition Univ Lavra in Lviv Oblast is the principal monastery of the Studite monks of the UGCC, a spiritual centre associated with Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.
Maniava Skete
The Exaltation of the Cross Skete in the Carpathians, founded in 1611 by Saint Job of Kniahynychi. The «Ukrainian Athos» and a centre of the hesychast tradition. Today under the OCU.
Krekhiv Monastery
The Basilian monastery of St Nicholas in Lviv Oblast. By tradition founded in the 17th century by two monks of the Kyiv Caves Lavra who settled in a rock cave. UGCC.
St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery
Founded around 1108, destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936 and rebuilt in 1997–1998. The cathedral monastery of the OCU in Kyiv.
Vydubychi Monastery
Founded around 1070 by Prince Vsevolod Yaroslavych. St Michael’s Church of the 11th century and St George’s Cathedral of the Cossack Baroque era. Belongs to the OCU.
Zymne Monastery
The Dormition Sviatohirskyi Monastery in the village of Zymne in Volhynia — one of the oldest houses of Volhynia, with caves and defensive walls.
Liadova Rock Monastery
The Beheading cave monastery on the Dniester in Vinnytsia Oblast, by tradition linked with Saint Anthony of the Caves. One of the oldest rock monasteries of Ukraine.
Mhar Monastery
The Saviour Transfiguration Monastery in Poltava Oblast, founded in 1619 with the support of Raina Vyshnevetska; an outstanding monument of Ukrainian Baroque.
Hoshiv Monastery
The Basilian monastery of the Transfiguration on Yasna Hora in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — one of the largest pilgrimage centres of the UGCC.
Buchach Monastery
The Basilian monastery of the Holy Cross in Buchach, Ternopil Oblast, known for its monastic school; UGCC.
Florivskyi Convent
The Holy Ascension convent on Podil in Kyiv, known since the 16th century.
Holosiivo Hermitage
The Protection Hermitage in Kyiv, founded in the 17th century as a skete of the Kyiv Caves Lavra; a place of the ascetic labours of the Kyivan elders.
Kytaiv Hermitage
The Holy Trinity monastery in Kyiv with a cave complex; associated with Saint Dositheus.
Holy Trinity Ionynskyi Monastery
Founded in the 19th century by Saint Jonas of Kyiv; situated on the grounds of the Botanical Garden in Kyiv.
Mezhyrich Monastery
The Holy Trinity monastery in Mezhyrich, Rivne Oblast — a fortified monastery of the 15th–17th centuries.
Pidhirtsi Monastery
The Basilian monastery of the Annunciation in Lviv Oblast, beside Pidhirtsi Castle; UGCC.
Lavriv Monastery
The Basilian monastery of St Onuphrius in Lavriv, Lviv Oblast — one of the oldest in Galicia, with frescoes of the 15th–16th centuries.
Monasteries by region
246 houses — 24 regions.
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — 12 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Holynskyi Monastery of Annunciation — vil. Holyn Kaluskyi district | OCU | active / monument |
| Maniavskyi Monastery of Exaltation of the Cross — vil. Maniava Bohorodchanskyi district | OCU | active / monument |
| Monastery of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos — town Horodenka | OCU | active / monument |
| Uhornytskyi Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration — vil. Uhornyky Kolomyiskyi district | OCU | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos — vil. Pohonia Tysmenytskyi district | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of Tsaria Khrysta — town Ivano-Frankivsk | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of the Transfiguration — vil. Dzembronia Verkhovynskyi district | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of the Transfiguration — vil. Hoshiv Kaluskyi district | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of Congregation Voplochenoho Slova (buduietsia) — vil. Yezupin | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of Kontempliatyvnyi St Sofii Premudrosti Bozhoi — town Burshtyn | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos of the Sisters Presviatoi Rodyny — vil. Hoshiv | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos — vil. Zakernychne | UGCC | active / monument |
Volyn Oblast — 14 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Monastery of Nativity of Christ (Volodymyr) | OCU | active / monument |
| Zahorivskyi Monastery | OCU | historical |
| Zhydychynskyi Monastery St Nicholas | OCU | active / monument |
| Convent of Holy Trinity Starosilskyi | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Mezhyrich Monastery The Holy Trinity monastery in Mezhyrich, Rivne Oblast — a fortified monastery of the 15th–17th centuries. | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery St Nicholas | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Exaltation of the Cross Chartoryiskyi | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Nyzkynytskyi Monastery of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Petropavlivskyi Monastery | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Skete of Nativity St proroka i the Baptist Hospodnoho John Predtechi | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Stritenskyi Mykhnivskyi Convent | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Sviatohorskyi Monastery of Dormition Zymnenskyi stauropegic | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Basil the Great (Lutsk) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Josaphat (Volodymyr-Volynskyi) | UGCC | active / monument |
Vinnytsia Oblast — 9 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Feodorivskyi Monastery | OCU | active / monument |
| Brailivskyi Convent of Holy Trinity | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Hranivskyi Monastery of Dormition | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Nemyrivskyi Convent of Holy Trinity stauropegic | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Sharhorodskyi Monastery St Nicholas | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Usiknovenskyi Monastery of skelnyi | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of Nativity St John the Baptist (Bar) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Karmelitskyi Monastery (Bar) | RCC | active / monument |
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — 6 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convent St Joseph Obruchnyka | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Convent of Ascension | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Hermitage St Nicholas Samarskyi monastyr | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Ternivskyi Monastery of Ascension | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Tykhvynskyi Convent | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Znamenskyi Convent | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
Donetsk Oblast — 7 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Basilian Monastery of Presviatoho of the Heart Khrystovoho (Zvanivka) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Convent St Sergius | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Convent of in honour of Kasperivskoi of the Icon of the Mother of God | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Iverskyi Convent | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Dormition Mykolo-Vasylivskyi | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Uspenska Sviatohirska Lavra | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Vasylivskyi Convent of ta Mykilskyi | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
Zhytomyr Oblast — 8 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Liubarskyi Monastery St George | RCC | historical |
| Liubarskyi Monastery of dominikanskyi | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites (Berdychiv) | RCC | active / monument |
| Horodnytskyi Monastery St George stauropegic | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Kazanskoi of the Icon of the Mother of God (urochyshche Kypiache, vil. Chopovychi Malynskoho district) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Transfiguration Tryhirskyi | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Ovrutskyi Vasylivskyi Monastery | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Zhytomyrskyi Convent St Anastasii Rymlianyny | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
Zakarpattia Oblast — 25 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convent of Ascension | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Convent of Dormition | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Convent of Serafyma Sarovskoho | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Hermitage of Serhiieva | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Ioanno-Bohoslovskyi Convent | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Ioanno-Predtechenskyi Convent | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Kyrylo-Mefodiivskyi Convent | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery St Nicholas | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery St Nicholas (Karpovtlash) | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Archangel Michael | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Holy Trinity | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Kazanskoi of the Icon of the Mother of God | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Monastery of «Per» in honour of Great Martyr John Sochavskoho | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Panteleimonivskyi Monastery | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Stefanivskyi Monastery | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Vvedenskyi Convent | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Michael (Imstychovo) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Nicholas (Malyi Bereznyi) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Nicholas (Mukacheve) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos (Boroniavo) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of «Soboru of the Most Holy Theotokos» (Dzhublyk) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Dominican Convent of the Order Blessed Imelda | RCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of konhrehatsii of the Daughters St Frantsyska Assizkoho | RCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of the Daughters khrystyianskoi Liubovi Sv.Vikentiia de Pol | RCC | active / monument |
Zaporizhzhia Oblast — 4 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convent of Dormition | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery St Michael | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery St Savy Osviachenoho | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Yelyzavetynskyi Convent | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast — 23 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Basilian Monastery St Basil the Great (Kyiv) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Andriivskyi Convent of (Yanchyn) pravoslavnyi | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Florivskyi Monastery (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Hnyletskyi Monastery | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Holosiivska Hermitage (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Klovskyi Monastery | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Kyievo-Bratskyi Bohoiavlenskyi Monastery | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Kytaivska Hermitage (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Mezhyhirskyi Monastery | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery St Michael (Pereiaslav) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery St Michael Zolotoverkhyi (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Ascension (Pereiaslav) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Holy Trinity Ioninskyi (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration Neshcherivskyi | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Transfiguration (village Kniazhychi Kyivskoi oblasti) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Nikolo-Tykhvynskyi Monastery (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Rizpolozhenskyi Monastery (Tomashivka) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Vvedenskyi Monastery (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Vydubytskyi Monastery (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Yordanskyi Convent St Nicholas | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Zvirynetskyi Monastery (Kyiv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
Crimea — 9 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Monastery of Surb Khach | AAC | active / monument |
| Balaklavskyi Monastery St George (cholovichyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Katerlezkyi v name Great Martyr George v vil. Voikove pid town Kerch (zhinochyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of in honour of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos v Bakhchysarai (cholovichyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of v name St Paraskevy v vil. Navchalnyi (Verkhnia Topolivka) (zhinochyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of v name St apostola Klymenta v Inkermani (cholovichyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of v name St the Trinity v town Simferopol (zhinochyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of v name sviatykh bezsribnykiv Kosmy i Damiana v town Alushta (cholovichyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of v name sviatytelia Stephen Surozkoho pid town Sudak (cholovichyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
Luhansk Oblast — 3 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Monastery St John v vil. Chuhynka, Shchastynskoho district, Luhanskoi oblasti (cholovichyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Monastery of Venerable Serhiia Ihumena Radonezkoho v town Kreminna (cholovichyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Skorbiashchenskyi Monastery of u town Starobilsk (zhinochyi) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
Lviv Oblast — 45 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Basilian Monastery St George (Chervonohrad) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Joseph (Briukhovychi) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Nicholas (Krekhiv) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Onuphrius (Dobromyl) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Onuphrius (Lavriv) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery St Onuphrius (Lviv) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos (Pidhirtsi) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of Nativity of Christ (Zhovkva) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of the Ascension (Zolochiv) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Drohobych) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery St Alphonsus (Lviv) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of studytiv (Univ) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of the Order «Miles Yezu» (Lviv) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of the Redemptorists (Lviv) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Studite Monastery of Pokhodzhennia Dreva Khresta Hospodnoho (Pidkamin) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery St Teresa (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery St of the Heart (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of bonifratriv (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of bryhidok (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of frantsyskanok (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of reformativ (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of sharytok (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of teatyntsiv (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Benedictine Sisters (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Bernardines (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Calced Carmelite Sisters (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Calced Carmelites (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Capuchins (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Capuchins of piznishe — frantsyskantsiv (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters (Lviv, street Chuprynky) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters (Lviv, street Vynnychenka) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters of piznishe — frantsyskanok (Lviv, street Lysenka) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites (Lviv, street Persenkivka) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites (Lviv, street Vynnychenka) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Dominicans (Lviv, ploshcha Muzeina) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Dominicans (Lviv, street Bandery) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Dominicans (Zhovkva) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Franciscans (Lviv, street Teatralna) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Jesuits (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Sacramentine Sisters (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of trynitariiv (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of yosyfitok (Lviv) | RCC | historical |
| Monastery of the Benedictine Sisters of virmenskykh (Lviv) | AAC | active / monument |
| Monastery of virmenskykh vasylianok (potim — misioneriv) | AAC | active / monument |
| Convent of Transfiguration (Lviv) | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
Mykolaiv Oblast — 1 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convent St Michael Pelaheivskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
Odesa Oblast — 10 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Illinskyi Monastery (Odesa) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Iverskyi Monastery (Odesa) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Kostiantyno-Eleninskyi Monastery (Izmail) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery St Michael (Odesa) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery St Nicholas (Izmail) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Dormition (Odesa) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Rizdvo-Bohorodychnyi (village Oleksandrivka) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Transfiguration (village Borysivka) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Panteleimonivskyi Monastery (Odesa) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Pasytselskyi Monastery (Pasytsely) | Not stated | active / monument |
Poltava Oblast — 7 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Monastery of Exaltation of the Cross (Poltava) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Nativity Bohorodytsi Kozelshchynskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos (Poltava) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration Mharskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Nekhvoroshchanskyi Monastery of Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos | Not stated | active / monument |
| Pushkarivskyi Monastery of Ascension | Not stated | active / monument |
| Sokilskyi Monastery of Transfiguration | Not stated | active / monument |
Rivne Oblast — 9 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Monastery of the Calced Carmelite Sisters (Dubno) | RCC | active / monument |
| Belevskyi Monastery (Bilivski khutora) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Convent St Nicholas Horodotskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Dermanskyi Monastery (Derman Druha) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Koretskyi Monastery (Korets) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Exaltation of the Cross (Dubno) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Mezhyretskii (Mezhyrichi) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos (Hoshcha) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Skete St Pravednoi Anna (Onyshkovtsy) | Not stated | active / monument |
Sumy Oblast — 5 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hlynska Hermitage | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Hamaliivskoho Kharlampiiev | Not stated | active / monument |
| Movchanskyi Monastery | Not stated | active / monument |
| Okhtyrskyi Monastery of Holy Trinity | Not stated | active / monument |
| Sofroniivskyi Monastery | Not stated | active / monument |
Ternopil Oblast — 10 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bohoiavlenskyi Kremenetskyi Convent of — town Kremenets | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Dukhivskyi Pochaivskyi Monastery of — town Pochaiv | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Pochaivska Lavra of — town Pochaiv | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Zahaietskyi Monastery of — vil. Velyki Zahaitsi Shumskyi district | UOC (MP) | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos — vil. Ulashkivtsi | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of the Holy Cross — town Buchach | UGCC | active / monument |
| Basilian Monastery of the Transfiguration — town Chortkiv | UGCC | active / monument |
| Krasnopushchanskyi Monastery of ottsiv Vasyliian — vil. Krasnopushcha | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos (frantsiskantsiv) — town Ternopil | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of the Carmelites of the Order bosykh of the Blessed Virgin Mary — town Chortkiv | RCC | active / monument |
Kharkiv Oblast — 8 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Basilian Monastery of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (Pokotylivka) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters (Pokotylivka) | RCC | active / monument |
| Convent of Khoroshívskyi Voznesénskyi pravoslavnyi | Orthodox (unspecified) | active / monument |
| Boryso-Hlibskyi Monastery (Vodiane) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Convent of Fomovskii Uspensko-Serafymivskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Archangel Michael (Lozova) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos (Kharkiv) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Zmiivskyi Monastery | Not stated | active / monument |
Kherson Oblast — 2 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Basilian Monastery St Volodymyr the Great (Kherson) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Hryhorivskyi Monastery of Biziukiv | Not stated | active / monument |
Khmelnytskyi Oblast — 5 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Basilian Monastery of Presviatoi the Trinity (Kamianets-Podilskyi) | UGCC | active / monument |
| Monastery of the Capuchins (Starokostiantyniv) | RCC | active / monument |
| Bakotskyi Monastery St Michael pechernyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Convent of Holy Trinity | Not stated | active / monument |
| Polonskyi Monastery | Not stated | active / monument |
Cherkasy Oblast — 10 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cherkaskyi Monastery of Rizdvo-Bohorodychnyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Convent St George | Not stated | active / monument |
| Convent St Nicholas Lebedynskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Convent of Holy Trinity Motronynskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Convent of Protection of the Theotokos Krasnohirskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Convent of in honour of of the Icon of the Mother of God «Ihumenia Afonskoi Hory» | Not stated | active / monument |
| Medvedivskyi Monastery St Nicholas | Not stated | active / monument |
| Onufriivskyi Monastery (Chubivka) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Onufriivskyi Monastery (Harbuzyn) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Trakhtemyrivskyi Monastery | Not stated | active / monument |
Chernivtsi Oblast — 4 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Annynskyi Convent of Annyna mount | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery St John the Theologian («Khreshchatyk») | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery St Nicholas «Halytsia» | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos «Horecha» | Not stated | active / monument |
Chernihiv Oblast — 10 houses
| Monastery | Denomination | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Danivskyi Convent St George | Not stated | active / monument |
| Domnytskyi Monastery of Nativity of the Theotokos | Not stated | active / monument |
| Hermitage St Nicholas -Rykhlivskyi monastyr | Not stated | active / monument |
| Kerbutivskyi Monastery of (Novomlynskyi) | Not stated | active / monument |
| Krupytskyi Monastery | Not stated | active / monument |
| Ladanskyi Monastery of Protection of the Theotokos | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Hustýnskyi Holy Trinity | Not stated | active / monument |
| Monastery of Saviour Transfiguration Novhorod-Siverskyi | Not stated | active / monument |
| Troitse-Illinskyi Monastery | Not stated | active / monument |
| Yeletskyi Monastery | Not stated | active / monument |
Pilgrimage: practical advice
- Arrange your visit in advance. Most houses receive pilgrims, but places in the pilgrims’ hostel are limited; telephone or write to the monastery office.
- Dress. Men: long trousers. Women: a skirt below the knee and a headscarf. Many monasteries provide scarves and wraps at the entrance.
- Service times. Morning services usually begin at 5:30–7:00 and evening services at 16:00–18:00; in the lavras the schedule is denser.
- Photography. Normally forbidden in the caves and inside churches during services — ask permission.
- Obedience and offerings. Staying at a house often involves taking part in monastic work; there may be no fixed charge, but a donation is accepted.
- Safety. Do not plan trips to front-line or occupied areas. Check the current condition of the house before setting out.
Frequently asked questions
How many monasteries are there in Ukraine?
As of 1 January 2026 there were 551: 243 women’s and 308 men’s. [2]
How many lavras are there in Ukraine?
Historically three Orthodox ones: the Kyiv Caves, Pochaiv and Sviatohirsk. In the UGCC the status of lavra belongs to the house at Univ.
Which monastery in Ukraine is the oldest?
The Kyiv Caves Lavra, founded in 1051 by Saints Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves. Some rock houses of the Dniester region are said by tradition to be older, but this is not documented. [4]
Who owns the Kyiv Caves Lavra?
It is a state reserve; since 2023 a stauropegic monastery of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has operated there. [5]
Which region has the most monasteries?
Lviv Oblast — which also has the largest number of religious communities overall. [1][3]
Can one stay at a monastery?
Yes, many houses have a pilgrims’ hostel. Conditions and cost vary: sometimes a symbolic donation, sometimes a fixed sum. Arrangements must be made in advance.
Why is the number in the index lower than 551?
The official figure is the number of registered religious organisations with the status of a monastery. The roll of names in open sources is incomplete and at the same time includes lost historical houses. The index is expanded as separate articles are published.
Sources
- Religious statistics of Ukraine: Catholics have more monasteries and schools — Credo
- State Service for Ethnic Policy report on the network of religious organisations as of 1 January 2026 — Interfax-Ukraine
- Religious organisations in Ukraine: distribution by region and denomination — VoxUkraine
- Religion in Ukraine — Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia
- Orthodox Church of Ukraine: monastery statistics by year
- List of monasteries of Ukraine by region — Wikipedia
- Catalogue of UOC monasteries
- Monasteries of Lviv region — Lviv Regional Administration
- The best-known monasteries of Ukraine — reference guide