The original wooden Greek-Catholic church in the village of Varadka was built in the second half of the 18th century. It was dedicated to the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God. There are two theories about its disappearance. The first one says that the church was destroyed in the First World War, according to the second theory it happened already in 1827. A new wooden church of the same dedication was built in 1924.
The temple is built in a very simple style on stone foundations. The building is two-part, three-space, three-towered with three crosses. It has a log construction, the tower is of columnar construction. The roofs of the towers are sheathed. Three bells are suspended in the tower. Above the main tower and the nave are originally Greek-Catholic ornately wrought crosses, which were later modified by lowering the lower arm. Above the sanctuary is a decorative two-armed cross. The narthex and the sanctuary are equipped with rather high windows. The tower and the whole body of the church are covered with slabs. There are two entrances to the temple - the main one to the narthex, the second one to the nave.
The iconostasis is not artistically valuable. It is believed to have been built in great haste and was not even completed. It is in two rows. It contains the four main icons of St. Nicholas the Bishop, the Mother of God Hodigitria, Christ the Teacher and the icon of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos. The Tsar's door is atypical with four icons of the Evangelists. The deacon's door is not fitted. In the second row there is an unattributed icon, or rather an image of the Holy Family and the Last Supper. The third row contains icons of the individual apostles. The termination of the iconostasis is atypical - two tablets of the Decalogue.
By a decree of 2000, the church was transferred to the ownership of the Orthodox Church.
Photo: Henryk Bielamowicz
Source : www.drevenechramy.sk
