Kostomłoty, Lublin Voivodeship, Eastern European village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Kostomłoty is a village in Lublin Voivodeship, part of Gmina Kodeń and located close to the Belarusian border. The surrounding area consists of agricultural land and traditional wooden buildings, connected by a network of local roads.
The village first appears in written records in 1412, when Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas granted the land to the Augustinian Order. That early tie to the Church shaped the religious character of the place for centuries.
The village church follows the Byzantine-Slavonic Rite, meaning services are held in an Eastern Christian tradition while remaining under Rome. Visitors attending a service will notice a different liturgical language and style of chant compared to a standard Polish Catholic church.
The village sits off the main roads and is easiest to reach by car via local roads east of Biała Podlaska. Since this is a rural area with limited public transport, planning the journey in advance is a good idea.
The Church of Saint Nicetas in Kostomłoty is today the only Byzantine-Slavonic Rite parish church in all of Poland. It holds the relics of the Pratulin Martyrs, a group of faithful killed in 1874 for refusing to abandon their church.
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