Description

Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church (city of Lviv)

This coin celebrates Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, which was built in the early 17th century and is now one of the holy places and landmarks of Lviv. This Baroque building – located in the historical part of the city of Lviv – is its largest church. The building, which has witnesses many events and at different times served as the city’s garrison church, a warehouse, and a book store room, started operating as a church again in 2011. During the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in eastern Ukraine, the church became a place where Ukrainian soldiers are prayed for and where funeral services for servicemen killed in the Joint Forces Operation are performed. It has also started to be used as a museum and a volunteer center.

Obverse: there is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); there is also a fragment of the church’s central nave; beneath, against a smooth background, are the coin’s face value and issue year – 5/ГРИВЕНЬ/2021 (5/hryvnias/2021); beneath, to the right, is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: there is the facade of the church building; above, to the left of the facade, are the image of a lion and the legend ЛЬВІВ (Lviv) (under the lion); to the left is the semicircular legend ГАРНІЗОННИЙ ХРАМ СВЯТИХ АПОСТОЛІВ ПЕТРА І ПАВЛА (Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church).