Cerkiew Opieki Matki Bożej, Olsztyn

Church of the Protection of the Mother of God - an Orthodox parish church in Olsztyn. It belongs to Olsztyn deanery of Bialystok-Gdansk diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

The Olsztyn Orthodox Church is a former chapel of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church at Wojska Polskiego Avenue. It was built in the years 1903-1904 according to the design of architect Paul Christian Zeroch in neo-Gothic style, built of brick, with one nave. The elevation of the chapel was decorated with pinnacles and brick profiles with green glaze. From 25 December 1946 Orthodox services were celebrated in the chapel, the next year the object became a parish temple. Therefore, the temple was equipped with an iconostasis, the organs were removed and domes with crosses were built in place of pinnacles. In the 90s of XX century stained-glass windows were put in the church windows.

Initially there was a cemetery by the church, established in 1886, but in 1972 it was liquidated and replaced with a city park.

In 2001 a wooden cross commemorating the action "Wisla" was set up next to the temple.

The church is open to the public on Sundays from approximately 9:15-9:45 am.

The temple was entered in the Register of Historic Places on February 27, 1988 under the number 1716.