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This is the only neo-Uniate parish in Poland that uses the Byzantine-Slavic rite, developed since the interwar period in the area where the Uniate Church used to operate, before it was dissolved by the tsarate.

The 1631 wooden church of St Nikita, renovated and developed in the mid-19th century, has since 1998 been the sanctuary of the Blessed Martyrs of Podlasie – the Uniates persecuted and murdered by the tsarist military while defending their faith in 1874. The Orthodox church has a richly-equipped interior with an iconostasis including valuable 17th and 18th century icons. The greatest events in Kostomłoty are the indulgence days of the Blessed Martyrs of Podlasie in June and of St Nikita in September.