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The review considers the research of “Religious experience” by Amber L. Griffioen, which remains relevant due to predictions of secularization in the 20th century, which were false. Therefore religion remains influential in various spheres. The views of F. Schleiermacher, R. Otto, V. James, A. Traves, R. Swinborn and their interpretation of the concepts "religious experience", "religious feelings", and "mystical experiences" are considered.

The currently available materials are outlined and systematized, which can serve as the basis for a proposal to reproduce the original appearance of the now defunct Church of the Transfiguration in the village. Spas in the Sambir region, which are divided into historiographical, hypothetical and reflective. Value levels of the mentioned materials were determined based on the method of mutual agreement. Repetitive data on the architectural features of the building are considered more reliable.

The article examines the fortified monastery complex of the princely period in Pidhoryany, which has survived to this day in a half-ruined state on the territory of Western Ukraine. The history of the construction of the monastery and its restoration is followed. The monastery complex had not only spiritual significance, it was supplemented with defensive structures, acting as a fortified complex for protection from external enemies in the southern part of Terebovla.

The article clarifies the influence of the religious factor on the formation of the legal ideology of Ukrainian society in modern realities, which often has an ambiguous and contradictory character in the formation of the newest mechanism for the realization of human and citizen rights and freedoms.

Based on archaeological research conducted between 2015 and 2017, along with a comparative analysis of related examples of sacred structures from the Rurik period in Halicia and the local traditional architecture, a hypothesis has been formulated regarding the possible design of the ancient Rus’ church of St. Peter inPeremyshl (Przemyśl), which is believed to have existed from the 12th to the early 15th century.

The article highlights the historical and legal aspects of the formation and reformation of church and canon law in Europe in the 11th-13th centuries. It is emphasized that medieval church and canon law remains not only the main source of religious law, but also a key element of modern secular legal systems, and the conceptual ideas and conclusions of medieval canonists remain embodied in the tradition of common law in the English-speaking world and the legal heritage of the countries of continental Europe.

At the same time, when Baroque became the dominant style in Italy, in English architecture in the 17th century architects continued using the Classical forms. After that, in the architecture of England appeared a style called Palladian architecture and Jacobean architecture. Style of Baroque became prevalent just at the end of this century.  After the Great Fire of London on 5 September 1666 most of the city's buildings were destroyed, all these constructions had to be restored or built new ones.

The Trinitarian monastery and church was an important part of the original planning structure of the Stanislawow fortress city (now Ivano-Frankivsk), an architectural complex of ground and underground buildings with a religious, residential and warehouse purpose. The research identifies the original form and composition, historical building periods, further development and current state of the monastic complex of the Trinitarians. Dozens of historians, architects, local history explorers have left their essays or articles about this complex.

The Ukrainian Church (especially the ancient rural one) is a reliable source of natural-supernatural canonicity, truth, justice and a special national worldview. For centuries, the Church has realized the spiritual unity of the Ukrainian race, our fateful nation, because it has deeply absorbed the laws of nature, absorbed their wisdom, and helped regulate the actions of the universe. The church is the spiritual security of the state. After all, there are no contradictions, contradictions, inconsistencies, gaps, etc.

The article analyzes the complex of historical and archaeological materials related to the architecture of the lost St. Peter's Church in Przemysl, which existed approximately from the XII-XIII centuries to 1679. Based on the systematization of the available data, an attempt is made to recreate the chronology of changes in the planning structure and appearance of the structure from the time of its appearance to dismantling.