Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary

Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church in Owczary is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of from the seventeenth century, which together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic
  • Description: church building in Owczary, Poland
  • Also known as: “Cerkiew Opieki Matki Bożej” and “Kościół pw. Opieki Matki Bożej”
  • Address: 51a, Owczary, 38-307

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include World War I Cemetery nr 70 in Owczary and Greek Catholic church in Ropica Górna.

Cemetery
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is situated 360 metres east of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary.

Church
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is situated 3½ km east of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary.

Cemetery
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is situated 3½ km east of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Owczary and Sękowa.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern , close to the border with . In is buried the Polish resistance fighter, Maria Kotarba.

Village
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is a historic village in southern Poland first incorporated by an edict issued on February 22, 1363, by King Kazimierz Wielki. The village is the site of St. is situated 3 km north of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern , close to the border with . is situated 3 km east of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary.

Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary

Latitude
49.58856° or 49° 35′ 19″ north
Longitude
21.1915° or 21° 11′ 29″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q3157050
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սրբասուրբ Աստվածամոր խնամակալության եկեղեցի”
  • Georgian: “ოვჩარის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია”
  • Greek: “Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία της Προστάτιδος Θεοτόκου στο Οφτσάρι”
  • Maltese: “Tserkva ta‘ Santa Marija, Owczary”
  • Maltese: “Tserkva ta’ Santa Marija, Owczary”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew greko-kat. ob. kościół rzym.-kat. Opieki NMP”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Opieki Matki Bożej w Owczarach”
  • Russian: “Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы”
  • Russian: “Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev Najsvetejše Marije, Owczary”
  • Turkish: “Koruyucu Meryem Ana Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Покрова Пресвятої Богородиці (Овчари)”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Покрови Пресвятої Богородиці”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Bảo vệ Đức Bà thiêng liêng nhất của chúng tôi, Owczary”

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