St. James Church - Orthodox Church in the past, and now a church, located in the center of the Polish city of Czestochowa.

At the end of the sixteenth century, this place was built the first chapel of St. James as a shelter for pilgrims. In 1674 the chapel was extended, it was later built on the orders of a baroque temple father Andrey Goldonovskogo. It is known that in the late seventeenth century, the church was visited by King Jan Sobieski II on the road to Vienna. From 1786 through Century church of St. James he was in possession of sisters mariavitok, after which the church was abandoned and demolished.

In 1867, in Czestochowa began collecting donations for the construction of a new Orthodox church. For the future of the church was purchased by the place in front of City Hall for 60,000 rubles. All building materials donated free of Russian officials. The new church was named in honor of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the solemn consecration took place in October 1872. After Poland regained freedom in 1918, the church was handed over to the Catholics and the Orthodox cemetery was eliminated.

Before the start of World War II, the church was named in honor of St. James. In 1945 the church was placed a garrison, all the furniture was made and given to the deposit of the pastor Leopold Voyyaku.

In the sixties and seventies church dome was replaced by a semi-circular, the church was decorated with sgraffito, the walls are covered with panels made of wood, and the windows are decorated with stained-glass windows with new.