HERITAGE ATLAS — USSR

Former Orthodox Church, Mszanna (Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist)

Бывшая православная церковь в Мшанне (костёл Усекновения главы Иоанна Крестителя)
PolandМшанна (гмина Ольшанка)1914Public buildings
The masonry church in the Byzantine style was built in 1914 for the Orthodox parish in a village then part of the Kingdom of Poland within the Russian Empire; the earlier Greek Catholic church had been converted to an Orthodox one in 1874. In 1917 the building was consecrated as a Roman Catholic church, and in 1925 the Catholic parish was re-established.
Каменная церковь в византийском стиле построена в 1914 году для православного прихода в селе, входившем тогда в Царство Польское в составе Российской империи; прежний грекокатолический храм был обращён в православный в 1874 году. В 1917 году здание освящено как римско-католический костёл, в 1925 году возобновлён католический приход.

Property abroad

EraChurch
FunctionChurch
Present ownerRoman Catholic Parish of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Mszanna (Diocese of Siedlce)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1914
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2026-06
The monument register of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage of Poland (Masovian Voivodeship; as of 30 June 2026) lists the building as an Orthodox church, now the Roman Catholic Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (1914; No. A-271 of 20 August 1997).

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