Tserkva of Sts. Cosmas and Damian in Kotań ranks among the most beautiful examples of wooden architecture preserved in the western and central Lemkovyna

Greek Catholic tserkov in Kotań

Kotań 26A

38-232 Kotań

 

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The Orthodox parish was established here in the late 16th/early 17th century and a tserkva most probably was built here at the same time (the oldest bell dates from 1629). The present tserkva was built in the 1700s. In 1927 most inhabitants of the village reconverted into Orthodox Christianity as a result of which the tserkva was not used as frequently. After the Lemko population was forcefully relocated from the area in the 1940s, there was no one left to take care of the building.

 

Read more about the attraction on the Wooden Architecture Route website

 

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Photo: Krystian Kłysewicz

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