Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Białystok

The Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Białystok (Sobór św. Mikołaja Cudotwórcy) is an historic Orthodox cathedral in Bialystok, Poland St. Nicholas is the cathedral of the Bialystok-Gdańsk diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church and the seat of the Bialystok parish of St. Mikołaj (in the deanery of Białystok). It is the largest Orthodox cathedral in the city. The current St. Nicholas building was erected between 1843 and 1846 on the site of an Uniate church from the early 18th century. St. Nicholas was consecrated as a church by the Vilnius and Lithuanian metropolitan Józef. During the interwar period, St Nicholas was one of two Orthodox churches in Bialystok. In 1951, St. Nicholas became the cathedral of the Białystok-Gdańsk diocese. Since 1992, the cathedral has been the resting place of the relics of Gabriel of Białystok. The cathedral building represents the classical style, typical of the church architecture of the Russian Empire in the late 18th century and the early 19th century. The cathedral is located in the center of Białystok at Lipowa Street 5. It entered in the register of monuments on January 24, 1957, under the number A-200.

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