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Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Chotyniec

Chotyniec, 37-552 Mlyny (gm. Radymno), woj. podkarpackie

  • Monuments & Culture
  • Orthodox Churches / Wooden Sacral Architecture

Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Chotyniec

A wooden Greek Catholic parish church in Chotyniec, inscribed in 2013 on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the entry "Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine". It represents the Lemko type (according to some classifications - Halych/San).

Location and surroundings

The church stands on a small hill in the village of Chotyniec, located about 8 km from the border with Ukraine, on the Subcarpathian Wooden Architecture Route.

History

The temple is dated to 1615; it is mentioned in historical documents in 1671. It is still active today as a Greek Catholic church.

What to see

A single-nave body with a presbytery, nave, vestibule and babynets (women's section), crowned with domes; the interior preserves original 18th-century polychromes.

For whom

For those interested in Orthodox church architecture and UNESCO monuments on the Polish-Ukrainian borderland.

Practical information

Visiting

  • The church is an active parish temple; the interior is usually made available by arrangement or on the occasion of services.

Seasonality and hours

No confirmed fixed visiting hours.

Getting there

Driving from Radymno towards Korczowa, in Łapajówka turn right to Chotyniec; after about 2 km turn left and after 150 m the temple appears. The site is on route V (Przemyśl) of the Wooden Architecture Route.

Contact

  • No confirmed publicly available tourist contact.
Visit duration: approx. 30 minutes Seasonality: Active parish church; visits by arrangement

Kontakt

Source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerkiew_Narodzenia_Przenajświętszej_Bogurodzicy_w_Chotyńcu ; https://sad.podkarpackie.travel/punkty-szlaku/trasa-v-przemyska/cerkiew-greckokatolicka-pw-narodzenia-przenajswietszej-bogurodzicy----- ; https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1424/