WOODEN CHURCHES Prešov region

Wooden churches in general Built around Europe, most of them in Slovakia. All parts had to be made of wood, no iron nails. Tserkvas („cerkvy“) 16th – 19th century Roman Catholic Protestant prayer houses Greek Catholic,later Orthodox 26 churches, 4 on the UNESCO list (2008) Higher then the rest of the buildings

Composition, Interior Lemko type :3 parts  symbolize Holy Trinity Entering part Main part altar Wooden shingle wall of icons /iconostas (from Greek “eikon” - picture, “stasis” – building)

Church of St Luke the Evangelist in BreZany The only one in Prešov district 1727 Cemetery ˇ wooden church of St Francis of Assisi in Hervatov UNESCO Oldest (1500), best preserved

articular church in KeZmarok Greek Catholic Wooden Church of St Nicholas in BodruZal ˇ

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