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The Eastern Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus

The Eastern Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus
Address: ul. Ruska 15
Place: Lublin
Post code: 20-126

The Orthodox Church of Transfiguration of Jesus (Spas) is the first Orthodox church, which was built in 1447 in Lublin. The first church was made of wood. The next one, made of brick, was built in 1607 and dedicated in 1633. In the 17th century, the Orthodox church passed several times from Orthodox hands to the Uniates hands and vice versa, what resulted in numerous reconstructions and changes in the church’s décor. It is an oriented church with a semi-circular enclosed presbytery at the east end and clear span nave (corpus). This is the only example in Lublin of a religious building in the Lublin Renaissance style with a single tower in the facade. At the sides, characteristic half-pitches are located. In the years 2002–2003, the original Renaissance ornaments of the barrel vault of the presbytery were uncovered in the form of paintings depicting the Holy Spirit, cherubs and seraphs and archangels. They are accompanied by stucco in the form of plaques, rosettes and winged angel heads. Fragments of the 17th-century polychromes depicting the crucifixion are preserved on the western wall of the nave. A precious element of the church's furnishings is the late Renaissance iconostasis (1st half of the 17th century) with icons dating back to the 16th and 17th century. The oldest is the icon showing the Virgin Mary Falling Asleep, originating from the mid-16th century.

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