St. Michael Archangel's Church, Turzańsk Explained

St. Michael Archangel's Church in Turzańsk
Native Name:Cerkiew św. Michała Archanioła w Turzańsku
Location: Turzańsk, Poland
Religious Affiliation:Polish Orthodox Church
Functional Status:active church
Groundbreaking:1801
Year Completed:1803, 1836
Designation1:WHS
Designation1 Offname:Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
Designation1 Date:2013 (37th session)
Designation1 Number:1424
Designation1 Criteria:iii, iv
Designation1 Type:Cultural
Designation1 Free1name:State Party
Designation1 Free2name:Region
Designation1 Free2value:Europe

St. Michael Archangel's Church in Turzańsk (Polish: Cerkiew św. Michała Archanioła w Turzańsku, Ukrainian: Церква Архангела Михаїла) is a nineteenth-century wooden church located in the village of Turzańsk, which together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.[1]

History

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 the Ukrainian population was displaced 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.[2] The interior of the tserkva exhibits original components: iconostasis from 1895, and a polychrome from the turning point of the nineteenth and twentieth century.[3]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dz.U. 2010 nr 7 poz. 43. ISAP. 13 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Cerkiew prawosławna p.w. św. Michała Archanioła w Turzańsku. Twoje Bieszczady. 13 March 2016.
  3. Web site: woj. podkarpackie – pow. bieszczadzki. NID. 13 March 2016.