Greek-Catholic Tserkva of Nativity of the Mother of God was built between 1857 and 1868, but the first information about an Eastern Christian priest in Michniowiec dates from 1557

Tserkov complex in Michniowiec

 

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After the local people were relocated from here in 1951, the church was closed and designated for use as storage for crops. In 1962 the icons and other church furnishings were moved to the Icon Repository in Łańcut. In 1971 the building was acquired by the local Roman Catholics for religious purposes.

 

Read more about the attraction on the Wooden Architecture Route website

 

 

Photo: Krystian Kłysewicz

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