Univ

Lviv district, Lviv region


Jewish cemetery in Univ, 2019

Lviv region - list of settlements and location of objects

Univ, 2015, 2023

Sources:
- Słownik geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego i innych krajуw słowiańskich. T. XII. Warszawa: 1892, s. 807–808

Photo:
- Eugene Shnaider
- Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Univ Jewish Cemetery

Univ (in 1946-2003 – Mizhhiria) – village in Lviv region. This countryside is an owner of one of the greatest Christian shrines in Galicia - Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Studite Rite. The first mention in archived documents dated back to 16th century, where the Univ is mentioned as well-known spiritual center of Galicia. Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin is a dominant building of a monastery ensemble. There are a Temple of the Ascension of the Lord UGCC in the village Univ.

During the Second World War in the Lavra, Archimandrite served the brother of Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytskyy, Klimentiy, awarded the title of the righteous of the peoples of the world. In this monastery Klimentiy Sheptytskiy covered Jewish children, whom Metropolitan Andriy was transported here. Unlike many similar cases in other monasteries, children were not baptized, and after the war they returned to Jewish families. Among them was Roald Hoffmann, Polish-American theoretical chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Klimentiy Sheptytskyy was arrested by NKVD and died in prison in 1951.


Univ Holy Dormition Lavra, 2015	A memorial plaque on the wall of the monastery, which refers to the salvation of children, including Jewish

Wall paintings	Old tombstones

In 1880, 71 Jews lived in Univ.
In 1921, there were 79 Jews (7% of total population).