St. Michael Archangel's Church, Brunary

St. Michael Archangel's Church in Brunary
Cerkiew św. Michała Archanioła w Brunarach
Address	Brunary
Country	Poland
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
History
Status	active church
Architecture
Style	Gothic
Completed	18th century
Administration
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
Criteria	Cultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference	1424-001
Inscription	2013 (37th Session)

St. Michael Archangel's Church in Brunary is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Brunary from the eighteenth-century, which together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine. ^[1]

History

The first tserkva in Brunary was raised in 1616, when a Uniate parish was founded in the village. A new tserkva was built in 1653, while the present in the eighteenth-century. ^[2] In 1831, the tserkva was reconstructed and expanded. The old chancel was connected with the nave, adding a new nave surrounded by three walls, with the whole tserkva covered with a new roof. After Operation Vistula, the tserkva was transformed into a Roman Catholic church. ^[3]

References

1. "woj. małopolskie – pow. bocheński" (PDF). NID. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
2. "Cerkiew parafialna greckokatolicka św. Michała Archanioła w Brunarach Wyżnych". 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.

External links

• Media related to Saint Michael Archangel church in Brunary at Wikimedia Commons

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