Saint James the Greater church in Myślenice, Filial church in Myślenice, Poland

Saint James the Greater church is a brick, single-nave church with buttresses, oriented eastward, built at the end of the 15th century. Its narrower chancel, raised by one step and closed on three sides, is separated by a balustrade. In 1891 a sacristy and a west porch were added to designs by Sławomir Odrzywolski, and a bell tower was built.

A wooden church dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin stood on Stradom hill by 1325 and survived until at least 1480. The present brick church was built in the last years of the 15th century. Swedish troops destroyed it in 1655; it was restored some years later. In 1800–1810 it served as a military store and was then auctioned for demolition, but townsman Jan Traczowski bought, repaired and gave it to the town in 1815, when it received the dedication to Saint James the Apostle.

The church carries the dedication of Saint James the Apostle, given in 1815 after townsman Jan Traczowski bought the building at auction, renovated it and handed it to the town. Its furnishings were carved in the 1880s and 1890s by Walenty Wisz of Radziszów, whose signature appears in several places, including the inscription on the main altar.

The church stands by the cemetery near today's ulica Orkana, a short walk from the Myślenice market square. The cemetery was moved beside the church at the start of the 19th century and enlarged westward around 1845. Look for the grave of Wojciech Mossor, the oldest surviving tombstone here, dated 1849.

The pulpit, funded by Henryka Gumińska in 1895, rests on a column carved as a tree trunk whose branches and roots enter a three-step stone base; between the branches Walenty Wisz placed the evangelist symbols. The backing relief shows Christ carrying the cross and the signature "W. Wisz".