Cerkiew sw. Paraskewy (Radruż)

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The Cerkiew św. Paraskewy ( St. Paraskevi Church , Ukrainian Церква святої Параскеви ) is a wooden church in Radruż in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland . The church is part of the cross-border UNESCO - World Heritage " wooden churches in the Carpathian region " and which is a martyr Paraskevi of Iconium consecrated. It was a Greek Catholic church and is now used as a museum.

As the only one of 14 wooden churches with world heritage status in Poland, the entire complex was declared a Pomnik historii (historical monument ) in 2017 .

Location and scope

Bell tower and wall
Cemetery (2015)
Iconostasis

The church is on a hill above a stream. The border with Ukraine is about 500 meters away. The complex includes the church, the wooden bell tower , the stone cantor 's house, the “ Proświta ” house and the surrounding stone wall with a wooden roof . There is an old Ruthenian cemetery next to it .

history

The church was built towards the end of the 16th century. The entire complex was also used for defense purposes and as a refuge during Tatar attacks in the 17th century. There are still visible traces left by sabers and axes. Due to the demarcation of the border after the Second World War and the forced resettlement of the Ukrainians ( Aktion Weichsel ) in Poland, the church lost its community and was taken over by the Polish state. The equipment came to a museum. The building, tower and cemetery were entered on the voivodeship's national list of monuments in 1960. A restoration was carried out in the early 1960s. In June 2010 the monument protection was renewed and extended to the other buildings of the complex. Since that year the church has been a branch of the Kresów Museum in Lubaczów .

The World Monuments Fund put the church on its list of endangered cultural monuments in 2012. Then the church and tower were covered with new pine shingles. The furnishings and the iconostasis came back from the museum. The structure received a fire extinguishing and lightning protection system . These activities were financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage , the Voivodeship and its Monument Authority. There are plans to renovate a nearby building for use as a museum.

The complex was included in the tentative list of world cultural heritage in 2010 with seven other wooden churches of the Eastern Churches in the Subcarpathian region and in Lesser Poland . The enrollment took place on June 21, 2013 together with eight other objects from Ukraine.

With effect from December 7, 2017, President Andrzej Duda declared the entire building complex to be Pomnik historii .

Furnishing

The church belongs to the Galician type of wooden churches. It consists of cut logs that are laid horizontally. The entire structure and the steep roofs are clad or covered with wooden shingles. The dome is square.

See also

Web links

Commons : Cerkiew św. Paraskewy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Number 270 of May 10, 1960.
  2. ↑ Numbers A-435 and A-421 of June 10, 2010.
  3. ↑ isap.sejm.gov.pl: Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 22 listopada 2017 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Radruż - zespół cerkiewny". (Polish, from November 22, 2017, in the Sejm's document server )

Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 35 ″  N , 23 ° 24 ′ 3 ″  E