Cerkiew pw. Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego, Bielsk Podlaski
Facts and practical information
Church of the Resurrection - an Orthodox concathedral and parish church in Bielsk Podlaski. It belongs to Bielsk Podlaski deanery of Warsaw-Bielsk diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
The temple is located on Romualda Traugutta Street.
The first Orthodox church of this name was located in the "Buhor" wilderness near Lewki and may have been moved to the Bielsko district of Dubicze after 1377. In the second half of the 16th century a new church was built in another new location, near the district governor's manor in the Holowiesk district. After 1636 the church was given to the Uniates, who in 1716 built a new church in its place. In 1796 the Prussian authorities, due to the poor condition of the temple, which had not been repaired for many years, allowed the parishioners to celebrate masses in the closed Church of the Divine Mercy. The new church was consecrated in 1838 and services were moved from the Carmelite church.
In 1839 the Russian authorities cancelled the union and handed the church over to the Orthodox. Another thorough reconstruction took place in 1912-1913, when a tower was added at the front. The appearance, which the church gained after this reconstruction, has been preserved to this day.
The altar part and the main nave had a wooden structure. From the outside the church has a brick wall. The internal decoration of the church is characteristic for wooden churches of Podlasie.
Two icons are especially venerated in the temple: St. Martyr Barbara and St. George the Victorious.
It was thoroughly renovated in the 1990s. In 2013-2014 the church was completely rebuilt, replacing the wooden structure with a concrete one. The reason was the very poor technical condition of the wooden structure. Only the cupola, altar and the stone part of the presbytery were preserved from the previous church. The shape of the building remained unchanged.
On August 20, 2016, the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John X visited the church.
The temple was listed on the Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1966 under the number A-27.
3 Romualda TrauguttaBielsk Podlaski
Cerkiew pw. Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Muzeum Podlaskie, Kościół pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i Świętego Mikołaja, Cerkiew pw. św. Michała Archanioła, Cerkiew pw. Narodzenia Przenajświętszej Bogurodzicy.