Flower - Kwiatoń

	Flowering;
	Kwiatoń, Greek Catholic church, currently Roman Catholic Church St. st. Praskewy, the author of the photo Kamil2317
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Country	Poland
Region	Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Population	178
Area code	( 48) 18
Postal Code	38-315

Flowering

Flowering - village in Poland, in in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in Gorlice poviat, in the municipality Uście Gorlickie

Kwiatoń Greek Catholic Church of St. Paraskeva. Photo by Ed89

Kwiatoń, Greek Catholic Church of St. st. Paraskeva; the author of the photo Sebastian Mierzwa

Kwiatoń, the Orthodox Church of St. Paraskieva. The author of the photo: Henryk Bielamowicz

Characteristic

Geographical location: 49 ° 30'05 "N 21 ° 10'40" E

Kwiatoń is located in the lower section of the Zdynia valley, at an altitude of approx. 415-435 m above sea level.

In the years 1975-1998, the town administratively belonged to the then Nowosądeckie Province.

In these areas, for years, the influences of two great Christian rites - Eastern and Western - were intertwined, which is why the churches are intertwined here with churches.

The Lemkos were the most original group of people in these areas. This itinerant pastoral people was distinguished by a separate language, colorful borderland culture and Greek Catholic religion. Today, Lemkos, after the forced eviction of them in the late 1940s, are reminiscent of preserved churches.

One of the most beautiful buildings of this type is the parish church in Kwiatoń. The exceptionally slender and soaring building represents the typical style of Lemko churches.

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Parish Orthodox Church in Kwiatoń St. Praskeva

According to recent research, the temple was erected at the beginning of the 17th century, which is confirmed by the recently discovered part of the old iconostasis. The temple has a complete church equipment. The interior is decorated with beautiful polychromes with figural and ornamental motifs, an iconostasis from the early twentieth century (1904) and an altar from the nineteenth century. It currently serves as a Roman Catholic church, it is a branch church of the parish in Uście Gorlickie.

It is a tripartite, oriented, carcass structure, covered with shingle. The domes are topped with spherical turrets. A column-frame structure tower with an aperture.

In 2013, the site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List.

The church is located on the Małopolska Wooden Architecture Trail covering 252 historic buildings.

The temple is one of the best preserved churches Lemko in Poland.

Orthodox church of St. Paraskiewy was established in 1933, when most of the inhabitants of the village converted to Orthodoxy. After the Operation "Vistula" it was used as a warehouse. In 1988, the temple was renovated and re-consecrated in 1989, now it serves the followers of the Orthodox Church. It is a log structure, oriented, tripartite. The ridge gable roofs are covered with sheet metal. An iconostasis has been preserved between the presbytery and the nave.

The temple is now under the Orthodox parish of the Protection of the Mother of God in Hańczowa.

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Tourist information

If the Church of St. Paraskeva is closed, contact the guide Jan Hyra - tel. 660 105 342.

In summer, concerts are held in the church as part of the "Music enchanted in wood" series.