Kościół św. Franciszka Ksawerego w Krasnymstawie

Great church

Nice place for walks in the nearby church garden

A beautiful historic church and an amazing garden next to it

The pastor is fine, but the current vicar is ... less

The former parish church of All Saints, existing at the end of the 14th century, was located on the opposite side of today's church square (in the place of the new presbytery). It was made of brick in the Gothic style. In the years 1490-1776 it also played the role of a cathedral church, demolished in 1810. The present brick one was built in 1695-1723, dedicated to the church. St. Franciszek Ksawery, designed by the Jesuit architect Jan Delamars. It was founded by the Potocki family. The construction of the church tower took much longer - it was completed in 1741. The church was consecrated on October 5, 1941 and until 1773 it was in the hands of the Jesuits. After the dissolution of the order, he served as both a parish and cathedral church (until 1826). Renovated several times, among others in 1829, 1849-50 - after the dome collapsed, 1879-81 - complete restoration, 1904-05, 1947, 1977 - renovation of the whole and conservation of the polychrome. Brick church, 3-nave, baroque. At the presbytery, an acoustic sacristy with Swach frescos, a treasury above it. On the opposite side, the chapel connected to the church, dedicated to the Heart of Jesus and Saint. Francis of Assisi, raised in 1879-81 due to the liquidation of the former chapter house that was above her. Two-tower church facade. Inside the church, late baroque stucco and polychrome by Adam Swach, wooden and regency altars. In the main - 2 paintings of St. Franciszek Ksawery (one from 1907, Buchbinder, the second from the first half of the 18th century). Side altars on the left: Our Lady of the Rosary, St. Antoni, Saint. Nicholas, Saint. Agatha; on the right: St. Stanisław Kostka, Saint. Joseph, Saint. Valentine, Jesus Crucified. In the chapel - the altar of the Heart of Jesus. Pulpit, benches, confessionals from the middle of 18th century A choir with 27-voice organs, processed at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, renovated in 1950, antique chests of drawers, a baroque baptismal font from the period of the church construction, and antique vessels and vestments (17th-19th century) Baroque organs from the 18th century. Rebuilt after priest Bołdoka at the end of the 19th century with the use of organs from Radecznica. A general renovation was made for Fr. Monsignor Piotr Kimak in 1991-1992. Antoni Szydłowski from Wrocław conducted it. Chapels: stone in the suburbs of Zastawie from the 18th / 19th century, stone from around 1900 in Krakowskie Przedmieście and in Cassian. Other historic buildings include: the old presbytery, the old vicariate, the former episcopal palace adjacent to the sacristy, the former Jesuit college.