Saints Constantine and Helena Church (Zgorzelec)
| Saints Constantine and Helena Church Polish: Cerkiew Świętych Konstantyna i Heleny |
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 View from Lubańska Street |
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| Construction time: | 2001-2002 |
| Style elements : | Block construction |
| Location: | 51 ° 9 '34 .7 " N , 14 ° 59' 53.7" E |
| Location: |
Zgorzelec Lower Silesia , Poland |
| Purpose: | Polish Orthodox Church |
| Local community: | Saints Constantine and Helena Congregation |
| Parish: | Lubin |
| Diocese : | Wroclaw - Szczecin |
The Holy Constantine and Helena Church (Polish: Cerkiew Świętych Konstantyna i Heleny ) is a Polish Orthodox church in the town of Zgorzelec in Upper Lusatia, Poland . It is dedicated to Saint Constantine the Great and his mother Helena .
The small church, built in block construction , is located in the north of the Neisse suburb on a hill between ulica Lubańska in the south and ulica Bolesławiecka in the north. The church was built between 2001 and 2002 with the support of the Greek parish of Zgorzelec. The municipality is the largest Greek municipality in Poland. The church building was officially opened as part of the fifth Greek music festival. The interior of the church has a magnificently executed iconostasis . Services are held in Polish, Greek and Old Church Slavonic on Sundays and public holidays at 10 a.m. The pastor is Father Marek Bonifatiuk.
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Footnotes
- ↑ it.zgorzelec.pl. Retrieved May 30, 2012 .
- ↑ reporterreisen.com: The soul of the Polish Greeks . (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 30, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ diecezjawroclawsko-szczecinska.pl: Parafia Prawosławna pw.Świętych Równych Apostołom Konstantyna i Heleny (Polish). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 6, 2013 ; Retrieved May 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
