"Manyavsky Skyt, monastir in Ivano... " a Tysmenytsya Travel Page by catnl

The monastery was founded in 1606 by Yov (Job) Knyahynetsky, a Ukrainian from the small town of Tysmenytsya in the land of Prykarpattya (“sub-Carpathian”). Knyahynetsky had spent twenty years at the end of the 16th century in the monastic community of Mount Athos where he had taken monastic vows before he returned to Ukraine with a mission of introducing the monastic rules of Mount Athos into the monasteries of Western Ukraine. And also, he founded a monastery, Manyavsky Skyt (the word “skyt” actually means “a small and secluded monastery”).
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i visited here on Jan. 6th in 2008 by bus with many other people but none spoke english, german, or french or dutch. i culndt understand what the guide told us -:( but ive found what this was all about and we stayed here around 2 hrs. including a dinner, which was ok but not really tastefull.

Women have to war something on their had, sharf oranything as long as the head is covered.
I also saw Ioasaf, Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk and Halychyna of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate, but i didnt know when i was there....
certainky worth a visit you will love, special the tour to this place through the mountains with breathtaking nature