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Church Of St. Nicholas, Dratów
The Church of St. Nicholas is an Orthodox parish church in Dratów, belonging to the Lublin Deanery of the of the Polish Orthodox Church. The first church in Dratów was built before 1490 and became the seat of an independent parish in the following century. It was part of the Uniate Eparchy of Chełm–Belz (Ruthenian Uniate Church), Eparchy of Chełm–Belz. During its affiliation with the Uniate Church, two new churches were constructed in Dratów – in the 18th century and in 1870 – each time due to the deteriorating condition of the previous building. The church became the property of the Orthodox Church following the Conversion of Chełm Eparchy in 1875. The present-day church in Dratów was built between 1888 and 1889, based on a design by Viktor Sychegov. It represents the Russian Revival architecture, Russian Revival style, which was standard in Russian sacred architecture in the second half of the 19th century. The church remained in operation from its dedication in ...
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Dratów
Dratów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ludwin, within Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ludwin, north-east of Łęczna, and north-east of the regional capital Lublin. There is an Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in the village, built between 1888 and 1889, based on a design by Viktor Sychegov. It represents the Russian Revival style, which was standard in Russian sacred architecture in the second half of the 19th century. The church remained in operation from its dedication in 1889 until the evacuation of the Orthodox population in 1915. It resumed functioning as a parish seat in 1923, but its activity ceased following the murder of its parson, Father Stefan Malesza, by the Gestapo The (, ), Syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated Gestapo (), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various pol ...
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