Cerkiew Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła
Facts and practical information
Church of Saints Peter and Paul - an Orthodox parish church in Samogruda. It belongs to the Sokółka decanate of the Białystok-Gdańsk diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
The church was erected in 1867 on the site of the former Pounic church. It is a wooden, log construction, one-nave building with a side sacristy by the chancel. Above the porch there is a three-storey tower topped with a pyramidal cupola. Tin roofs of the church. Above the nave there is an octagonal tower with a small spherical cupola on a cylindrical base. Next to the church there is a wooden bell tower from 1898.
Since 2010, the temple has been successively renovated. In 2017 it received five new bells, which were consecrated on October 15 by Bishop Andrew of Suprask.
After the renovation of the facade was completed, the church was consecrated by Archbishop of Bialystok and Gdansk Jacob on July 12, 2021. In the same year, the renovation of the entrance gate and the stone wall surrounding the church property was completed.
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