Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius
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The Orthodox Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, located on a sandy island. This small church was formerly known as the church of St. James. It belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, all services were held here in Latin. It was erected in the XVII century in baroque style.

This temple was the first sacral building, built in Wroclaw in the Baroque style. Something in terms of the future of the Church did not suit the City Council, so he froze the construction of the temple for an indefinite period. Only the intervention of monarchs - King Leopold I - led to the fact that the construction of the church was nevertheless brought to its logical end. Grateful residents were placed on top of the facade of the church the image of the imperial coat of arms on the field which had the initials of the ruler. The church was also decorated with several statues of saints - the patron saint of the church.

The temple was badly damaged during the hostilities of World War II. He was taken to restore the Polish Orthodox Church. City officials gave her a piece of land from the destroyed church in 1970. Decorated interiors had to scratch from the previous decor temple nothing left. The icons were brought from Warsaw, and the iconostasis was brought from the village Strvenzhik. The vaults and walls of the church were painted by experienced craftsmen, sketches for murals created by artist Adam Stallone-Dobzhansky. At the end of the XX century church, consecrated names of Saints Cyril and Methodius, also received new stained-glass windows on biblical themes.

As a result, work on the restoration of the church was found an ancient crypt, which is now carried out the liturgy.

Today worship in the temple carried out in Polish, Old Slavonic and Greek.

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