Church of Saint Judoc in Frýdek, Renaissance church building in Frýdek, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Judoc in Frýdek stands in Komenského sady near Hlavní třída. It is a single-nave church with a small tower on the roof holding two bells, added in 1660. Inside, the main altar built in 1666 was consecrated to Saint Judoc seven years later. The building has been protected as a cultural monument since 1958.
The church was already standing in the Frýdek suburb in 1617, though the exact construction date is unknown. Its patron was the Bruntálský family, who soon ceded patronage to the Bishop of Wrocław. In 1660 it received new plaster and an altar, and a small roof tower with two bells. A new main altar was built in 1666 and dedicated to Saint Judoc seven years later.
The church is named after Saint Judoc and currently serves worshippers of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. This shift in religious use reflects how the building has adapted to serve different communities over the centuries.
The church stands in Komenského sady, a park off Hlavní třída in Frýdek, not in the walled old town. It is a cultural monument since 1958 and serves the Orthodox church since 2008, so visits are possible during services or by prior arrangement. The park paths connect it with the surrounding streets.
The cross atop the church was repaired in the mid-1990s by Gevorg Avetisjan, an Armenian-born businessman whose firm had just failed; he later credited the turnaround in his fortunes to this act. The church has been a protected cultural monument since 1958.
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