Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Dobratycze

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is an Orthodox parish church in Dobratycze. It belongs to the Terespol Deanery of the Diocese of Lublin and Chełm of the Polish Orthodox Church. It is located at the northern edge of Dobratycze, along the road to Terespol. A wooden Uniate church, founded by Mikołaj Sapieha, had existed in Dobratycze since 1626. The Uniate parish remained active in the village until the Conversion of Chełm Eparchy, when the Russian authorities forcibly incorporated it into the Eparchy of Warsaw of the Russian Orthodox Church. In the early 20th century, a new Orthodox church was built in the locality, which remained in use until 1915–1916, when it was completely destroyed during wartime. The currently operating church in Dobratycze was most likely originally located in Cyców and was later used in Biała Podlaska between 1956 and 1993 as a parish church. It was moved to Dobratycze after the construction of the brick Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Biała Podlaska. It is a wooden building with a concrete foundation, oriented eastward, and features two small onion-shaped domes. Inside, it retains an iconostasis dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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