Church of Saints Anthony of Kiev and Martyr Paraskeva

The Church of Saints Anthony of Kiev and Martyr Paraskeva is an Orthodox filial church in Hola. It belongs to the Parish of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Horostyta, in the Chełm Eparchy of the Diocese of Lublin and Chełm of the Polish Orthodox Church. It is located near the Museum of Material Culture of the Chełm and Podlachia in Hola. Near the church, there is an Orthodox cemetery with the Chapel of the Protection of the Mother of God. The Orthodox parish in Hola was mentioned in 1588. In the early years after the Union of Brest, it accepted its provisions. Therefore, the new church erected in 1610 was a Uniate temple. This building survived until 1700, when it was destroyed in a fire. Two years later, another church was built on its site, which existed until 1846, when it was once again replaced by a new temple. The last major reconstruction of the building took place after 1875 when the Hola parish, due to the abolition of the Uniate Chełm Eparchy, moved to the Russian Orthodox Church. Hola was one of the localities where illegal Uniate communities survived despite repressions. In 1915, the Orthodox population of Hola was evacuated to Russia. After their return, the church was not reopened as Orthodox but functioned as Neouniate from 1924 to 1939. The church returned to the Orthodox faith during World War II but was closed again in 1947 and for the next six years was o

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