Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Szczebrzeszyn

Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God is a Greek Orthodox filial church in Szczebrzeszyn. It belongs to the parish of Saint George in Biłgoraj, in the Zamość Deanery of the Diocese of Lublin and Chełm of the Polish Orthodox Church. The building, in its current form, was erected in the 16th century on the foundations of an earlier church. It is possible that this earlier church was the first Catholic church of Saint Nicholas, funded around 1394 by Dymitr of Goraj, the then owner of Szczebrzeszyn. Andrzej Górka likely took over the church from the Catholics and transformed it into a Calvinist congregation. However, due to the small number of Protestants, the large church was no longer needed, and the Górka family handed it over to the Orthodox believers. At the same time, Andrzej and Stanisław Górka donated funds for the reconstruction of the church. For the first few decades of its existence as an Orthodox church, it later accepted Union of Brest after 1596. It remained under the jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Chełm–Belz until its abolition by the Russian authorities in 1875. During the period the church was under the Union, it was repeatedly renovated and rebuilt, losing the features of Eastern Christian sacred architecture. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, Latin-style altars were placed inside the church, both the main and side altars, which were removed duri

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