Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and St Anthony of Padua explained

Location:Milejów, Poland
Religious Affiliation:Roman Catholic Church
Rite:Latin
Province:Diocese of Rome
Consecration Year:1859
Status:Parish Church
Leadership:Andrzej Sulowski
Architect:Konstanty Hendiger
Architecture Type:Church
Architecture Style:Historicism
Groundbreaking:1855
Year Completed:1859
Length:40
Width:13
Height Max:30

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and St Anthony of Padua is a parish church in Milejów, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.

History

Efforts to church in Milejów started with the beginning of the nineteenth century, and took it as the first Helena Suffczyńskich Chrapowicka. Since, however, he died before completing the work, took the initiative and Antoni Stanislaw counts Rostworowscy.

Milejów church was built in the years 1855 — 1859, and its architect was Konstanty Hendiger from Krasnystaw. The temple was consecrated by Bishop Walenty Baranowski on 2 October 1859. In the sacristy is the act of consecration of the church.

In the years 1990 — 1996 the efforts of the parish priest, Jan Kalinowski, and expanded the church parishioners. According to the then-new layout of the church was a part of the nave, the old presbytery, a former altar of the Blessed Sacrament chapel. In 2006, a new section contains a stone altar, and since then the sanctuary is located in that part.

Important events in the history of the church

Art

On the ceiling of the church there are paintings — "Covenant with God", probably by the brothers Ferdynand and Ludwik Ludwig, in the old part and the new middle copy of the painting "Las dos Trinidades", which surround the presentation of the four evangelists. In 2012, between the walls and ceiling, the then parish priest placed inside decorative cornice.

Organ

The first organ in the church built the company from Warsaw of Mateusz Mielczarski, and the efforts of priest Andrzej Juźko restored it and brought new pipes from the Netherlands. The instrument has a single manual and ten votes.

Bell tower

Bell tower was built together with the church, in the same style. It has three arches where the bells are located. Sam bell tower is behind the room (one building), which was formerly Catechetical room.

1915 it hung in the arcades bells "Józef", "Stanisław" and "Antoni", which were looted during World War I by the Austrian occupiers. The new bells were also removed during World War II by the Germans. In 1946 it was founded the bell "Mary" (renovated in 2016) as a vote for the survival of the war by people from Milejów, and in 1999 was given to two new "John Paul II" and "St. Antony".

The crypt of the church

Under the old part of the church there is a crypt with the remains of the founders of the church and the family Rostworowskich.

Buried in the crypts

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