Saint Nicholas' wooden church in Bogdan Vodă, Maramureș, Romanian Orthodox wooden church in Bogdan Vodă, Romania

Saint Nicholas' wooden church stands in the center of a cemetery yard with a rectangular main body and a polygonal chancel apse. The structure measures approximately 18 meters in length, while the wooden tower rises to about 25 meters high.

The church was built in 1718 on the site of an older church burned by the Tatars in 1717. Its interior walls were painted in 1754 for the noble founder Vasile Săpânțan, whose portrait and throne are kept in the nave. It is listed as a historic monument under code LMI MM-II-m-A-04524.

The interior was painted in 1754 for the noble founder Vasile Săpânțan, whose portrait and carved seat are kept in the nave. The iconographic programme follows the Byzantine tradition, with red, blue and white dominant and pastel ochre, yellow and green accents. A rare western tympanum shows the Virgin Mary sheltering her parents Joachim and Anna between the prophets Isaiah and Elijah.

The church stands in the middle of the village, inside the old cemetery, not on a hill like most Maramureș wooden churches. The entrance door has an acolada-shaped frame with a rope motif in relief. The interior is small, with a partition of three arched openings between pronaos and naos.

Inside hangs a rare portrait of Pan Vasili Samplonțai from Săpânța, the founder who commissioned the interior paintings in 1754. This depiction of a historical patron provides a personal link to the artistic history of the place.