Cerkiew Spotkania Pańskiego
Facts and practical information
Church of the Meeting of the Lord - an Orthodox parish church in Morochow. It belongs to Sanok decanate of Przemyśl-Ogorlice diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Former Greek-Catholic temple, erected in 1837, wooden, oriented, in Eastern Evangelical style, tripartite, with a porch. Above the presbytery there is a tower of pole construction, topped with a tin bulbous cupola. The presbytery is rectangular, with a side sacristy. Single-pitched tin roof with two onion-shaped helmets. Inside there is an overhanging choir, a 19th century iconostasis with original icons, and a polychrome ceiling depicting the sky with stars. Next to the church there is a 19th century wooden bell tower of pole construction, with a tin tent roof topped with an onion-shaped helmet, equipped with four bells. An imposing wooden cross commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus' was placed near the church.
Thoroughly renovated in 1921, damaged during the warfare in 1944, the church served Greek Catholics until 1947. After the displacement of Lemkos the church was not used. In 1961 it was given to the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church and became the seat of newly created parish. Since then, the church was renovated several times, for example, in 1964 and in 1994.
On the basis of the Act of 17 December 2009 on the regulation of the legal status of certain properties remaining in the possession of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church, the temple became the sole property of the Orthodox Church.
The main feast is celebrated on February 15 - the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord.
The church and bell tower were entered in the register of monuments on January 31, 1985 under the number A-72.
Morochów 15Morochów 38-542 Subcarpathian
Cerkiew Spotkania Pańskiego – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Cerkiew pw. Świętego Michała Archanioła w Zagórzu, Cerkiew Zaśnięcia Przenajświętszej Bogurodzicy, Cerkiew pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Cerkiew świętego Michała Archanioła.