St. Michael Archangel's Church, Turzańsk, Poland

St. Michael Archangel's Church in Turzańsk together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.

The tserkva in Turzańsk, established as an Eastern Orthodox Church tsekva, later Uniate, was referenced in the first half of the sixteenth-century. The present tserkva was built at the start of the nineteenth-century in 1801, and later expanded in 1836, with a foyer and sacristy. In 1896 and 1913, the tserkva had undergone renovations of its roof, strengthening it with tin. After displacing the Ukrainian populous from the area, as part of Operation Vistula, the tserkva was used by Roman Catholics, between 1947 and 1961. In 1963, the tserkva was returned to the Polish Orthodox Church. The interior of the tserkva exhibits original components: iconostasis from 1895, and a polychrome from the turning point of the nineteenth and twentieth-century.

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Antoni Dziuban (4 years ago)
An unusual church. Near Rzepedź. Lovely place. You must see these magnificent domes, one of a kind.

Joanna Tondera (4 years ago)
Beautiful inside and out! Unfortunately, it is still under renovation (I heard that it was supposed to last a year, and it has already been going on for four ...) and from what you can see, it will not end soon. It is worth going here after all.

Beata Moskal (4 years ago)
Currently, exterior under renovation. Inside, the person taking care of it tells an interesting story and answers questions. Photography is prohibited.

Grzegorz (4 years ago)
Currently under renovation, not worth checking out. Center closed, no information on who can open and show.

Kinga Rogowska (5 years ago)
Piękna cerkiew, ale ostatnio w remoncie. Z zewnątrz niewiele widać, wnętrze naprawdę stare, czuć ducha historii. Ksiądz co prawda opowiada o cerkwi, ale robotnicy nie przerywają walenia młotkami i cięcia piłami, zatem nic nie słychać. Szkoda.

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