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Places of worship in Warsaw

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This article is a list of places of worship in Warsaw, Poland, both current and historical. It includes Catholic, Uniate, Protestant and Orthodox churches, as well as synagogues and shrines of other denominations. Note that the list includes also places of worship that were destroyed some time in the past and are currently non-existent. Throughout its existence, Warsaw has been a multi-cultural city.[1] According to a census of 1901, out of 711,988 inhabitants there were 56.2% Catholics, 35.7% Jews, 5% Greek orthodox Christians and 2.8% Protestants.[2] Eight years later, in 1909, there were 281,754 Jews (36.9%), 18,189 Protestants (2.4%) and 2,818 Mariavites (0.4%).[3] This led to construction of hundreds of places of religious worship in all parts of the town. Most of them were destroyed in the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. After the war the new communist authorities of Poland discouraged church construction and only a small number of them were rebuilt.[4]

St. Alexander's Church prior to destruction in World War II, c. 1890–1900.

The cathedrals and other main places of worship are bolded, non-existent churches are listed in italics.

Christian

Roman Catholic

Eastern Orthodox

Protestant

Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession

  • Holy Trinity Church (so-called Zug's Church)
  • Church of the Ascension (Kościół Wniebowstąpienia Pańskiego w Warszawie [pl])
  • Church of the Epiphany (Kościół Objawienia Pańskiego w Warszawie [pl])

Baptist Christian Church

Other Protestant denominations

Eastern Catholic

  • Church of the Ascension of the Holy Mary of the Basilian monks at Miodowa street

Independent Catholic

Polish-Catholic Church

Old Catholic Mariavite Church

  • Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Kościół Matki Boskiej Nieustającej Pomocy w Warszawie [pl])

Polish National Catholic Church in Poland

  • Church of the Good Shepherd (Parafia Dobrego Pasterza w Warszawie [pl])

Jewish

Muslim

Hindu

  • Hindu Bhawan Temple
  • Red Sues Temple in Sulejowek

See also

References

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