PROBLEMS OF MAINTENANCE OF SACRAL BUILDINGS ON AN EXAMPLE IN SMALL CITIES AND VILLAGES OF WESTERN PODILLYA.

The analysis and the state of preservation of sacred buildings in small towns and villages on the lands of Galitsky Podillya is carried out. It has been found that because of the lack of Roman Catholic parishes and Jewish religious communities in this area, a large number of churches and synagogues are in an abandoned state, abandoned temples collapse. The temples, which became subordinate to the local Greek-Catholic or Orthodox communities, are restored, often uncontrolledly rebuilt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]