Historical outline

The building was constructed at the end of the 1930s. From the very beginning, the patronage of the construction was taken by the oil company "Galicia". It is said that at the same time the Orthodox were building an Orthodox church, so the Catholics also decided to have their counterpart in the area. Due to its unfavourable location (on the bank of the Tišmiaň River), the construction encountered numerous technical problems. In the end, however, it was possible to complete the unusual and corresponding modern building. The interior was created by Felix Lachowicz, an artist permanently employed by the company sponsoring the project.

The result was a thoroughly modern building, not at all like a chapel in the classical sense of the word. It referred to the functionality of 1930s architecture. The locals considered it not so much a chapel as a church. Unfortunately, its further fate has been obliterated by history. According to some sources, the altar was taken to Poland. Today, the building is in the hands of Greek Catholics.

Architecture

The chapel is situated not far from the city's main thoroughfare, Boryslavskaya Street. Its size is rather symbolic, but in this small space it has managed to pack a charming miniature with a sharply geometric front and a modernist curve on the other side. The building is made of brick, with facades partly rendered, partly decorated. The whole is set on a very high plinth of broken stone.

The façade was shaped in an asymmetrical manner. The left part was plastered. It is on this part that a large cross has been carved. It is the cross that draws the most attention when looking at the front of the building. However, this does not change the fact that the surrounding elements are also very interesting. Below in the plinth, under the cornice, there are three windows. On the side there is a circular window. Above it is a tall rectangular window with muntin bars. Above the window, just below the canopy, there is an open-work passage resembling a balcony. This area is enclosed by three pillars that support the roof. At the very top is a tall metal cross.

The interior was covered by a ceiling and lit by tall, very narrow windows running the full height of the side walls. There are three such openings on each side. The body of the building has been preserved in its original state.

The Drohobycz chapel in the Młynki district is a real pearl that breaks the pattern of most religious buildings in the eastern territories. There are very few examples of architecture so modern and so perfectly in tune with trends characteristic rather of the West. What is visible at first glance is not everything. The building not only looks modern on the outside. The classic cross-shaped plan, chancel, transept and nave layout have also been abandoned here. There is not a hint of neo-Baroque or neo-Gothic to be found here. One could say that the chapel brilliantly broadens and completes the spectrum of diversity, while at the same time being one of the few exceptions.