Currently, it is a Roman Catholic chapel belonging to the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Włodawa. A temple with an interesting history.
Quote from Wikipedia (as of June 17, 2024):
"The building was erected in the Byzantine-Russian style in the years 1909–1913. The initiator of its construction was the Archbishop of Chełm, Eulogiusz, and the author of the design was Aleksandr Puring. According to the same design, Orthodox churches in Dubienka and Grodysławice were also built in the Chełm eparchy (both consecrated in 1909) .
The church was the seat of the Orthodox parish also in the interwar period. After the local Ukrainian Orthodox population was deported to the USSR in 1944–1945, the building was converted into a granary. There was even a project to completely demolish the church, which was successfully opposed by the Metropolitan of Warsaw and all of Poland, Macarius. Then the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church renounced the rights to the building, handing it over to the Catholic Church. The facility serves as a branch chapel of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Włodawa. Its architecture retained features typical of Russian Orthodox church construction.
The chapel was seriously damaged on July 12, 2012 as a result of a fire caused by a lightning strike. Few pieces of equipment were saved from the building.
On July 14, 2013, the first Holy Mass was celebrated in the rebuilt chapel in Suchawa. After the fire, the seven onion-shaped domes that originally crowned the building were not rebuilt, replacing them with one of a simpler structure.
A historic Orthodox cemetery has been preserved in the vicinity of the former church.

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