Saint Wenceslaus Orthodox church in Střemeníčko, Orthodox church in Střemeníčko, Czech Republic.
Saint Wenceslaus Orthodox Church in Střemeníčko is a small square building with three semicircular apses, one holding the altar, and a square entrance porch topped by an arcade that once held bells; one bell remains. A simple iconostasis by archimandrite Andrej Kolomacký separates the nave from the altar. The church has no dome.
In the 1920s an Orthodox parish was founded in Řimice, about ten kilometres away, and the faithful of Střemeníčko decided to build their own church. The foundation stone was laid and blessed on 3 May 1936; construction ran 1936–1937 to a design by Archimandrite Andrej Kolomacký, using leftover material from the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Chudobín. Bishop Gorazd consecrated it in May 1937, and the painted interior was finished by 1939.
The church is named after Saint Wenceslaus, whose feast day on 28 September is still kept here with a liturgy, the only regular service left after weekly worship ceased in the early 21st century. The building belongs to the Orthodox parish based in Řimice, about ten kilometres away.
The church stands in Střemeníčko, part of the village of Luká in the Olomouc region, and belongs to the Orthodox parish based in Řimice. Regular services ended in the early 21st century; the liturgy is still celebrated here on the feast of Saint Wenceslaus, around 28 September. The building is not listed as a cultural monument, so access depends on the parish.
The church was never meant to have its own resident clergy: it was a filial community served by priests travelling from Řimice, later from Vilémov u Litovle and Chudobín. Regular services ceased in the early 21st century, but a liturgy is still held on the feast of Saint Wenceslaus, around 28 September.
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