Church Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Węgierki
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The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Węgierki, is a Roman Catholic church in
Węgierki Węgierki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Września, within Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań PoznaŠ...
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Września County Września County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. ...
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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
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History

The church was built between 1904 and 1907 by the followers of the Evangelical Augsburg Church. It was taken over by the Catholics after
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
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dedication Dedication often refers to various religious and secular ceremonies and practices such as: * Dedication (ritual) the ritual or ceremonial establishment of a purpose for a person, place, or thing ** Dedication of churches ** Child dedication, a C ...
of the church took place on 16 May 1946. The parish was founded on 1 October 1969. The
consecration Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects ( ...
of the church took place on 9 October 1997. A square tower was built on the side of the triangle-gabled nave. The nave is covered with a pyramid-shape roof. In the corner of the nave is a cylindrical extension constituting the staircase to the choir. The roof of the
temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...
is covered with tiles. Next to the church is a
cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
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Gallery

File:Widok na kościół od strony parkingu44.JPG, View of church from the parking File:Nawa kościoła.JPG, The nave of the church File:Wejście na empory.JPG, The entrance to the galleries File:Czworokątna wieża świątyni przykryta dachem namiotowym.JPG, Rectangular temple tower hipped roof covered File:Kruchta świątyni.JPG, Porch of the temple File:Cmentarz przy kościele2.JPG, The cemetery near the church


See also

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Christian Church In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians or the original institution established by Jesus Christ. "Christian Church" has also been used in academia as a syn ...
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Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
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Roman Catholicism in Poland Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. There are three eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the country ...


Bibliography

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Obiekty sakralne - Kościół pw. Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa
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