Kaplica pw. Świętego Proroka Eliasza
Facts and practical information
Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius - a wooden Orthodox branch chapel in Kaniuki. It belongs to the parish of St. Kosma and Damian in Ryboły, in the Bielsk Podlaski decane of the Warsaw-Bielsk diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
The existence of the chapel refers to the Orthodox church, which supposedly existed in the area of Kaniuk in the Middle Ages, and which has not survived to the present day. The chapel was set up in a former store at the end of the 20th century by the parishioners with the financial help of the Forestry Commission. The first Holy Liturgy was celebrated there in 1998.
The church's name refers to the Teaching Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius, which operated until 1915 in the nearby Stawok locality near Tshranka.
Podlasie
Kaplica pw. Świętego Proroka Eliasza – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Cerkiew pw. św. Jerzego, Cerkiew pw. św. Jana Teologa, Kaplica pw. Świętego Proroka Eliasza.