Wooden Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Vyšný Komárnik

The wooden church from 1924 was built on the site of an older wooden church from 1700, destroyed in the First World War.

The church is dedicated to the Byzantine saints, the healing brothers Cosmas and Damian. It has a large narthex with a prismatic tower protected from the outside by vertical boards. There are four bells in the tower. The individual icons are part of the liturgy of the Eastern Church.

The building of the temple is of log construction, the tower of column construction. It is built on a low stone foundation. The temple is three-part, three-space, three-towered with three metal crosses. The entrance is on the west side through the vestibule. It lacks a choir. The nave is the widest in terms of plan. The high windows in the sanctuary and the nave are an interesting feature of this church.

The iconostasis has a four-aisle architecture, on four floors. The icons are newer, probably from the time of the construction of this second temple. The entire iconostasis was restored in 2006.

Source : www.drevenchramy.sk

Photos by Henryk Bielamowicz

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