Kolyndiany

Kolyndiany (Колиндяни, Kolędziany) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Kolyndiany rural hromada.

History
The first written mention is from 1444.

In the XV century, the Stamenski nobles built a castle, which was rebuilt into a palace in 1840.

Since 29 July 2015, it has been the center of the Kolyndiany rural hromada.

Religion

 * Saint Nicholas church (OCU, brick, 1889)
 * Saint Nicholas church (UGCC, 2009)
 * Church (RCC, early XX century)

Chapels

 * one on the site of the house where Yosyf Yosafat Bilan lived and worked
 * two chapels in honor of the Independence of Ukraine (1994, brick)

People from Kolyndiany

 * Yosyf Bilan, priest of the UGCC, a Basilian, and a long-term prisoner of communist camps