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Orthodox church of the Birth of the Holy Mother of God

Local name: Cerkiew Narodzenia Przenajświętszej Bogurodzicy

Erected at the beginning of the 17th century, the Greek Catholic church of Nativity of the Holy Mother of God is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and is part of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Subcarpathian region. The carcass construction, topped with domes, impresses with its harmony of shapes. Inside you can admire, among others renovated 17th-century iconostasis with the icon of the Mother of God famous for its graces, and the Last Judgment, which is part of the 18th-century polychrome.

Over the centuries, the church was renovated and transformed many times. After the displacements that took place in 1947, the temple was closed and then handed over to the Roman Catholic Church. It was not until 1990 that it returned to the faithful of the Byzantine-Ukrainian rite and began to function as a parish church. In the 90's it was renovated.

The belfry, which was originally located at the church, was destroyed during World War I, and the present, also from the 17th century, was moved in 1993 from the village of Torki, located near Medyka.

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