WojnowoOld Believers’ monastery The small village of Wojnowo sitting at the edge of the Pisz Forest has Poland’s only convent of the Starowiercy, or Old Believers, erected in the mid-19th century. A modest gate leads into the yard lined with monastic and charring buildings. The promontory running into Lake Dus is occupied by a small Orthodox cemetery overgrown with trees and dotted with old crosses. In the village is the small Old Believers’ timber church (molenna) with interesting iconostasis, and a few old houses. Monastic House dedicated to the Protection of Our Lady, Wojnowo 24 tel. +(48-87) 425 70 81, www.orthodox.pl |
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