St. James Church, Powroźnik

St. James Church is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Powroźnik, southern Poland. It dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth-century. Together with different tserkvas it is designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine".[1]

Cerkiew św. Jakuba w Powroźniku
St. James Church in Powroźnik
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholicism
Statusactive church
Location
LocationPoland Powroźnik, Poland
Geographic coordinates49°22′10″N 20°57′01″E / 49.36955°N 20.95038°E / 49.36955; 20.95038
Architecture
Completed17-18 century
Official name: Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
TypeCultural
Criteriaiii, iv
Designated2013 (37th session)
Reference no.1424
State Party Poland
RegionEurope

History

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The tserkva in Powroźnik has existed since around 1600, but only a part of the former structure remains, arranged into the sacristy of the present tserkva. The architecture of the present tserkva was constructed between the seventeenth and eighteenth-century, with a major reconstruction in 1813.[2] The tserkva was moved from its former location due to the danger posed by flooding, after which it was expanded. After Operation Vistula the tserkva was transformed to a Roman Catholic church.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "woj. małopolskie – pow. bocheński" (PDF). NID. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Cerkiew pw. św. Jakuba Młodszego Apostoła w Powroźniku". Drewniana Małopolska. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. ^ Marciniszyn, Grażyna i Zygmunt Malinowscy, Elżbieta i Piotr (2009). Ikony i cerkwie : tajemnic łemkowskich świątyń (Wyd. 1. ed.). Warszawa: Carta Blanca. ISBN 9788361444152.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)