Wooden church in Desești, Maramureș, Romanian Orthodox wooden church in Desești, Maramureș, Romania.

The Wooden Church in Desești is a Romanian Orthodox church built in 1770, consisting of three rooms: a pronaos, a nave, and an altar. Its walls and roof are covered in wooden shingles, and the interior is entirely painted with post-Byzantine frescoes from 1780. The iconostasis is attributed to Alexandru Ponehalschi, while the murals are signed by Radu Munteanu and Gheorghie.

The church was built in 1770, according to the Greek-Catholic vicar Tit Bud and researcher Joby Patterson, while Alexandru Baboș dates it to 1780. Its wall paintings and iconostasis were completed in 1780, suggesting construction a few years earlier. In 1948, after the communist regime banned the Greek-Catholic Church, the building passed to the Romanian Orthodox Church; the Greek-Catholic parish has claimed it since. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in December 1999 and restored in 1996–1998.

The interior walls of all three rooms are covered by post-Byzantine paintings from 1780, paid for by the village's hosts (gazde). Inscriptions in the altar and narthex name the painters Radu Munteanu and Gheorghie; the iconostasis is attributed by style to Alexandru Ponehalschi, active from 1751. A donor inscription on the iconostasis records Pop Eanoș Părșinar, his wife Marica and son Ștefan, for 35 forints, on 7 June 1780.

Access to this church requires advance arrangement with local administrators since it remains an active worship space for the community. Visitors should plan accordingly and be respectful of ongoing religious activities.

The interior walls of all three rooms and the iconostasis were painted in 1780, as inscriptions in the altar and nave record. The iconostasis is attributed to Alexandru Ponehalschi, a painter of likely Polish origin first documented in 1751 at Bârsana, while Radu Munteanu signed the work in the nave.