Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, Lublin

Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women is an Orthodox cemetery church in Lublin. It belongs to the Cathedral Parish of the Transfiguration in Lublin, within the Lublin Deanery of the Diocese of Lubllin and Chełm of the Polish Orthodox Church. The church was funded by Andrei Dieikun, the president of the Lublin Treasury Chamber. It was built between 1902 and 1903, and its dedication took place on 28 August 1903. From the beginning, it has served as a cemetery church, hosting funeral ceremonies and memorial services for the deceased. The church represents the Russian Revival style in the Moscow-Yaroslavl (Neo-Russian) variant. It is a five-domed structure with a bell tower above the church porch, featuring a tripartite layout and two levels. Services are held in the upper section, where the altar and a single-tier iconostasis are located. The crypt on the lower level contains the tomb of the church's founder and his wife.The building is situated within the Orthodox section of the 19th-century Orthodox cemetery, which is part of a larger cemetery complex on Lipowa Street in Lublin.

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