Mariavite parish in Lipka, in the Silesian-Łódź diocese of the Old Catholic Mariavite Church in the Republic of Poland.
The Mariavite parish in Lipka was the first to declare its independence on February 8, 1906, and to separate itself from the Roman Catholic parish in Niesułków. The first seat of the newly established parish was the Roman Catholic church in Niesułków. The church was in the hands of the Mariavites until December 1906, when, as a result of the decision of the municipal court the day after the verdict was announced, all parish buildings in Niesułków were to be returned to their original owner – the Roman Catholic Church.
After the arrival of the Mariavite priest Tuła at the rectory, construction began on a two-story, brick parish house intended for a school and nursery on the current school square, where there is currently a parking lot for teachers. As a result of the verdict of the municipal court, the Mariavites were also forced to leave the newly constructed parish building. In one night, the building was dismantled and the building materials were manually moved, without the use of carts, to a plot donated by a farmer from Lipka - Jan Jachoł.
A wooden chapel was built on the property, which served the Mariavites as a temple for three years. The Blessed Sacrament was moved to the new house of prayer from the church in Niesułków. A brick rectory was built next to the church, in which a nursery was located. The parish house was destroyed during World War I, but after it ended it was rebuilt, and in the interwar period it was used for courses for the illiterate and a library with a reading room. After World War II, this building was demolished, and in its place in the years 1980-1981 a new building was built, which currently serves as a parish hall, where parish orchestra rehearsals and parish meetings as part of various types of celebrations are held.
The solemn consecration of the newly built Mariavite church was performed on 17 October 1909 by the newly consecrated Mariavite bishop in Utrecht, Fr. Jan Maria Michał Kowalski.
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