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 | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholicism |
Status | active church |
Location | |
Location | ![]() |
Geographic coordinates | 49°22′10″N 20°57′01″E |
Architecture | |
Completed | 17-18 century |
Official name: Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine | |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | iii, iv |
Designated | 2013 (37th session) |
Reference no. | 1424 |
State Party | ![]() |
Region | Europe |
History
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
- "woj. małopolskie – pow. bocheński" (PDF). NID. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- "Cerkiew pw. św. Jakuba Młodszego Apostoła w Powroźniku". Drewniana Małopolska. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- Marciniszyn, Grażyna i Zygmunt Malinowscy, Elżbieta i Piotr (2009). Ikony i cerkwie : tajemnic łemkowskich świątyń (Wyd. 1. ed.). Warszawa: Carta Blanca. ISBN 9788361444152.
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