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THE TRINITY CHURCH > in Kościelna Jania > Parish Priest - Krzysztof Roszak 83 – 226 Kościelna Jania, Poland Phone: +48 58
582-16-09 |
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Parish Priest - K. Roszak -
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The history of
the Parish and the Church in Kościelna Jania,
Poland ********************************************** The group of
Jania estates, situated on the fringe of the Tuchola Forests, is the oldest
part of the settlement complex in Kociewie and one the oldest parts of Gdańsk
Pomerania as well. It consists of three villages: Kościelna Jania, Stara
Jania, Leśna Jania. The word “Jania” originates from the name of the stream
Janka, Jonka, the right-bank tributary of the Wierzyca, near which the
villages are situated. In the past the common name of the present settlement:
Kościelna, Stara and Leśna Jania was: Jana ( 1303, 1307 ), Jane ( 1310 ),
Jane Templi ( 1400 ), Cerkiewna, Cyrkiewna Jania ( 1400-1583 ). Until 1300,
the Jania estates belonged to the Lalkowy parish. In 1355 the existence of a
brick church in Cerkiewna Jania was mentioned (the building existed up to
1583). In 1622 the Chamberlein of Chełm, Piotr Kostka from Steinberk, founded
a brick church in place ofthe wooden one. In the foundation plaque it is
written: “To the honour and glory of God, in eternal remembrence, for the
sake of the piety and kindness of the living, to the adoration of the
Homeland, Steinbeck Kostka, of noble brith, the owner of and heir to both
Janias, Kopytkowo and Bobrowiec, laid the stone foundations of the church,
formerly wooden, ornamented and extended in the year of Our Lord 1622”. The
oldest part of the church is a post-Teutonic Order tower from the 14th century.
Until the 16th century the church was named after St Nicolas. It
was only after the consecration ceremony of the church by Bishop Łubieński on
7th August 1633 that it was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The
most valuable relics in the church are: a stone stoup (probably older than
the church), considered to be a baptismal font by some people; a gilt Gothic
monstrance (14th century), which is in the Diocesan Museum in
Pelplin now; a cross, originally hanging above the presbytery, now hung on
the side wall of the aisle; two pews constituing a fragment of the stalls, on
which pictures of the holy martyrs were painted (baroque, end of the 18th
century). In the central part of the altar (baroque, second half of the 18th
century) there is a painting on canvas representing the Holy Virgin against
the background of the Holy Trinity (a replica of the painting from the high
altar in Pelplin Catedral). The side figures of the altar are made of wood
and represent St Nicolas on the left and St Wojciech (Adalbert) on the right.
There is also a figure of St Nicolas, painted on canvas, in one of the side
altars of the church (rococo, second half of the 18th century).
There is a figure of St Joseph in the other altar. *************************************************************** |
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Historical
baptismal font ( 15th
- 16th century)
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Historical
pulpit ( 18th century )
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