St. James Church, Powroźnik

Cerkiew św. Jakuba w Powroźniku St. James Church in Powroźnik
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholicism
Status	active church
Location
Location	Powroźnik, Poland
Geographic coordinates	49°22′10″N 20°57′01″E / 49.36955°N 20.95038°E / 49.36955; 20.95038
Architecture
Completed	17-18 century
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, iv
Designated	2013 (37th session)
Reference no.	1424
State Party	Poland
Region	Europe

St. James Church is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Powroźnik, southern Poland. It dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth-century. Together with different tserkvas it is designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine".^[1]

The tserkva in Powroźnik has existed since around 1600, but only a part of the former structure remains, arranged into the sacristy of the present tserkva. The architecture of the present tserkva was constructed between the seventeenth and eighteenth-century, with a major reconstruction in 1813.^[2] The tserkva was moved from its former location due to the danger posed by flooding, after which it was expanded. After Operation Vistula the tserkva was transformed to a Roman Catholic church.^[3]