Green Velo

The village of Łówcza, located in the picturesque East Roztocze is known for its wooden Greek Catholic Orthodox church of St Paraskevi, built in 1808 in the place previously occupied by another church

The construction was funded by Jan Matczyński, a local landowner, who also decided that the church should resemble a Latin church with a bipartite arrangement. The church was rebuilt in 1899, with the main changes being the construction of the dome and a narthex, which made the building more similar to a traditional Orthodox church. The building was preserved to this day. It has three naves, a long sanctuary and two sacristies. In the 1920s, a wooden bell tower was erected nearby. The church, located near the deep valley of the Łówczanka Stream, is surrounded by several crosses made of the so-called Brusno limestone (named after the nearby town of Brusno, where a quarry can be found). Currently the church is used as a Roman Catholic chapel, belonging to the parish of St. Michael the Archangel in Płazów. The church, which was not repaired for a long time, is now in a poor shape. It is one of the most important monuments on the Roztocze Trail of Wooden Architecture.