Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Nosów

Church of St. Michael the Archangel is an Orthodox parish church in Nosów. It belongs to the Biała Podlaska Deanery of the Diocese of Lublin and Chełm of the Polish Orthodox Church. The first Orthodox church in Nosów was established in the 16th century. After 1596, along with the entire Chełm Eparchy, it transitioned to the Uniate Church. Subsequent Uniate churches were built on the same site before 1609 and in 1774. The currently existing church was constructed in 1862 funded by the owner of the local estates, Józef Wężyk, and in 1875, it was handed over to the Orthodox parish. From that moment, the church has continuously served the Orthodox faithful. Between 1915 and 1919, when the local believers were evacuated to Russia, the church was inactive. In 1921, the local parish resumed its activities with the permission of the local authorities of the Second Polish Republic. Despite the deportations of the Ukrainian population to the Soviet Union and Operation Vistula, when most Orthodox parishes in the Lublin Land ceased to function due to the lack of faithful, the Nosów church continued its pastoral activities. A special veneration in the church is given to the Leśna Icon of the Mother of God, a copy of which is located in the church's iconostasis. The church is situated within an Orthodox cemetery, which has preserved historic gravestones from the second half of the 19th centu

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