Cerkiew św. Mikołaja w Zabłociu

Very architecturally interesting, more a Catholic church than a church. Lovely place. One feels a positive spirituality.

Very friendly Batiuszka, also an interesting monument

The first mention of the Orthodox temple in Zabłocie comes from about 1580, and the first icons date to the first half of the seventeenth century. Historically documented existence of the church of Saint. Nicholas in Zabłocie can be found under the year 1668. Probably arose then a wooden temple with a separate (column) belfry. The first brick Orthodox church, built according to the architectural design of W. Pokrowski, which was erected thanks to the efforts of priest. K. Kucharenka and merchants - Russian donors and the local community, Bishop Eulogi Gieorgijewski dedicated on August 16, 1907. The church was equipped with icons purchased in the iconographic workshop of the Troit-Siergijew Lavra near Moscow. The belfry was placed on the tower above the ski resort, the single-temple temple was covered with tiles. Until 31.12.1791, the parish was administered by priest Aleksy Skalski, then priest. Stefan Skalski. In the years 1816-1817, when the parish priest was Fr. Jan Bojarski (older), the parish had about 2,000 faithful. In the restoration of the Orthodox Church in Zabłocie, priests had considerable merit. Mikołaj Szymański (until 1897) and priest Ivan Rudkov (arrived from Drohiczyn on August 30, 1897). Until 1915, the parish in Zabłocie became the largest (over 7,000 houses), after Chełm and Lublin, among the Orthodox branches. The parish affected the parish with partial atrophy, despite the care of the catholic monks over the remaining local families. After the wars and the race, the Zabłocka branch was one of the first three parishes, which were reborn in 1921 in Podlasie. In a challenging period of sanation, Orthodoxy in Zabłocie strengthened the ministry of Fr. Piotr Struk-Strukowa. At that time, the parish had about 2,800 faithful. Metropolitan Dionysius supported them, sending a missionary in the person of Fr. Józef Pietruchin - Pieretruchina and monks from Jabłeczna. The church was closed during the "Vistula" action in 1947 and launched in 1954. From 1972, thanks to the efforts of priest Piotr Martyniuk, the following investments were made: refurbishment of the presbytery, purchase of three bells (1974), renovation and cover of the bell tower (1977), new opening of the church (1979). After the renovation, the metropolitan of Warsaw and the whole of Poland, Bazyli, made the sacrifice on May 3, 1980. Thanks to the efforts of priest Jan Kulik in 1989, the roof cover was restored, and in 1993 the painters Andrzej and Michał from Łuck performed painting and conservation works. The modernly equipped temple resembles somewhat peer Latin churches with eclectic additions of the Russian and Podlasie style of construction.

It wonders a bit the size of the church, rather than the size of the village in which it is located. Worth a visit

The historic Orthodox church, p.w. St. Nicholas, built at the turn of the 19th / 20th centuries.