The Church of the Ascension () is an Orthodox parish church (OCU) in Barysh of the Buchach urban hromada of the Chortkiv Raion of the Ternopil Oblast.
The first mention of the wooden church dates back to 1708.
In 1732âÂÂ1733, the general visitation of the parish was carried out by at. Makarii Neronovych and at. Antonii Sidlevych. At that time, the church and parish belonged to the Podil Deanery of the Lviv Eparchy of the UGCC. The act of visitation states that in 1733 the parish of Barysh had images of the Passion of the Lord and the Last Judgment or one of them.
As of 1733âÂÂ1734, the Belz voivode Teresa Potocka gave the present to the church.
On 24 April 1761, the church was visited by at. Mykola Shchadurskyi.
Metrics from 1786 have been preserved.
The parish was subordinated to the Monastyryska (1832âÂÂ1842) and Buchach (1843âÂÂ1885) deaneries of the UGCC. In 1885, it was transferred to the newly created Stanyslaviv Eparchy of the UGCC.
In 1860âÂÂ1864, the construction of a brick church continued.
In 1990âÂÂ2018 it belonged to the UAOC, and since 2018 it has been part of the OCU.
On 6 June 2019, Archbishop Tykhon of Ternopil and Buchach visited the parish.
Number of believers: In 1832 â 780 people, 1844 â 887, 1854 â 1001, 1864 â 1063, 1874 â 1090, 1884 â 1048, 1886 â 1108, 1896 â 1284, 1906 â 1500, 1914 â 1683, 1925 â 1700, 1938 â 1250.