Armenian, Baroque architecture, church, diaspora, Ivano-Frankivsk, history

Article presents the history of the Armenian Church of the Immaculate Conception of the BlessedVirgin Mary in Stanisławów / Ivano-Frankivsk. The church was erected in the years 1743-1762 under the initiative of Hetman Józef Potocki. In 19th and 20th century the church was demolished few times:in 1868 after the fire of Stanisławów the church was partially destroyed; during the First WorldWar, the façade of the Armenian church, including the tower, was again damaged, and inn 1917,the retreating Russian troops demolished the interior. After the Second World War, the church was closed by communist. Armenians moved the city and emigrate to Gdańsk, Warsaw, and Gliwice. The elements of the main altar, together with the miraculous painting of Our Lady of Stanisławów, were transported to Gdańsk. Some artefacts kept in the Museum in Ivano-Frankivsk and in the Archives of the Foundation of Culture and Heritage of Polish Armenians in Warsaw.