Church of St. Procopius and St. Barbara / Kostel Sv. Prokopa a Sv. Barbory - Kuncice pod Ondrejníkem (North-East Moravia) - Relocated Structures on Waymarking.com

The Church of St. Procopius and St. Barbara in Kuncice pod Ondrejníkem, a typical Carpathian wooden sacral building, was built in the village of Hlinance near Chynadiyovo in the district of Svalyava (Carpathian Ruthenia) at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Church, originally belonged to the Greek Catholic Church, was transferred to Kuncice in 1931. Currently serves Church of St. Procopius and St. Barbara as a filial church of the Celadná and Kuncice pod Ondrejníkem Roman catholic parish (Rímskokatolická farnost farnost Celadná a Kuncice pod Ondrejníkem).

The church was transferred to Kuncice pod Ondrejníkem thanks to the director of the Mining and Metallurgical Company in Ostrava, Dr. Edward Šebela. Like many other Ostrava entrepreneurs, it had a summer residence in Velké Kuncice, as Kuncice pod Ondrejníkem was called at the time - today the Pension Karolína, opposite the church. Dr. Šebela bought the Hlinance church, which was already abandoned and discarded, for CZK 24,000 in 1928. The church was dismantled, loaded onto several railway wagons and transported to Kuncice in 1931. After the necessary repairs of some parts, the church was rebuilt. The previously destroyed church tower was also reconstructed. The church was dedicated to St. Procopius and St. Barbara on August 23, 1931.

The church is dominated by three stepped towers - the largest above the entrance and the smallest above the presbytery, which represent three separate parts, as determined by Greek-Catholic liturgical regulations. The nave is basically a square floor plan and culminates in an unusual pyramidal wooden vault. Opposite the wide bar is a richly carved iconostasis with three entrances, which was repaired in 1992 by restorers from Prague. Although the church is built of oak beams, it found itself in a state of disrepair during the 1980s. Originally it lacked a foundation and the wooden floor was also in poor condition. With great difficulty, the corresponding wood was obtained, dried, cut, and thanks to the ingenuity of the local craftsmen and the dedication of the people, the church was lifted, provided with a new foundation, and the lower rotten beams were replaced. This settled the tilt of this building. The roof was restored 15 years ago.

Source: excerpted and translated from Wikipedia and Hrady.cz portal.