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Orthodox church Holy Trinity from 1900 in Międzybrodzie.

A brick Greek Catholic parish church, located in Międzybrodzie on the tourist trail of icons. Currently, the church is a Roman Catholic branch of the same name, belonging to the Trepcza parish.

Orthodox church Holy Trinity in Międzybrodzie is a brick Greek Catholic parish church, located in Międzybrodzie on the tourist Icon Trail. Currently, a Roman Catholic branch church belonging to the parish in Trepcza.

The church was built in 1901 on the site of an older, wooden church, which burned down in 1866. In 1934, the parish was incorporated into the Lemko Apostolic Administration.

Made of brick, plastered, erected on the plan of a Greek cross, with a chancel closed on three sides. The author of the preserved iconostasis from 1900 is Bogdanowicz from Lviv.

In the left side altar there is a contemporary icon of Our Lady of Humility above the church in Międzybrodzie. On the dome, an image of the heavenly vault, and in the center, God the Father.

On the northern wall of the narthex hangs a portrait of the church's founder - Dr. Aleksander Wajcowicz, holding the church plans in his hand. Its author is Feliks Bogdański, who made the work in 1899.

The main nave is crowned with a large octagonal dome covered with sheet metal, topped with a Latin cross. In front of the temple there is a brick, octagonal belfry built in 1900, topped with the same dome. Forged Latin crosses on the temple.

According to one legend, there used to be a Basilian monastery in this place, according to another, the place where the church was built was indicated by a bell thrown by the water, coming from the former church in the nearby Horodyszcz.

An interesting fact is that in the church cemetery there is a pyramidal tomb of the Kulczycki and Dobrzański families of the Sas coat of arms. It is a pyramid-shaped funerary crypt.

There is a Maltese cross above the entrance to the crypt. The pyramid is 3 m high and is a 1:50 scale replica of the Cheops Pyramid. Also, the entrance to the interior of the crypt resembles the niche of the Deir el-Medina pyramid.

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during the mass and upon agreement in the parish

Adres:

Międzybrodzie, 38-500 Międzybrodzie