Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Greek Catholic cathedral in Przemyśl, Poland.
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a brick Greek Catholic cathedral in the center of Przemyśl, southeastern Poland. Built in the late 17th century, it has a baroque facade and a tower that rises above the surrounding streets.
The building was originally erected by Jesuits as a church dedicated to St. Ignatius and completed before 1700. After the suppression of the Jesuit order in the 1770s, the church passed through several hands and changed rite more than once before reaching its current community.
The cathedral follows the Byzantine Rite, which shapes the liturgy, chants, and the iconostasis visible inside. Attending a service here gives a direct sense of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic tradition still active in the region.
The cathedral stands on Ulica Katedralna and is easy to reach on foot from the town center. Since it is an active place of worship, visiting outside of service times gives you more freedom to look around inside.
The handover of the building to the Greek Catholic community in 1991 triggered protests and a temporary blockade by nationalist groups who physically blocked access to the site. The standoff lasted long enough to draw national attention before the transfer was finally completed.
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