Krakow's Faiths and Denominations
Other than the Roman Catholic Church
Augsburg Evangelical
Church
Kosciol Sw. Marcina (the church of St. Martin’s) at 58 Grodzka street.
Phone (+48) 124227265.
Holy Mass at 10a.m. on Sundays.
Baptist
Christians
4 Wyspiańskiego street
Phone (+48) 126332305
Church service at 11 a.m. on Sundays
Baptist
Church 'Betel'
12/3 Zacisze street
Phone (+48) 124300407
Evangelical
Church
30 Lwowska street
Phone (+48) 126566224
Evangelical
Methodist Church
3 Długa street.
Phone (+48) 124311458.
Church service at 10 a.m. on Sundays.
Orthodox
Church
24 Szpitalna street, phone (+48) 124227277
Holy Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays and holidays
Pentecostal
Church
'Bethlehem', 7a Lubomirskiego street
Phone (+48) 124210829
Church service Tuesdays at 6 p.m., Fridays at 6 p.m. and
Sundays at 10 a.m.
Polish
National Catholic Church
19 Miechowity street
Phone (+48) 124131680
Holy Mass at 10 a.m. on Sundays
8
Friedleina street,
Phone (+48) 126338282
54
Lagiewnicka street
Seventh-day
Adventists
25 Lubelska street.
Phone (+48) 126333469
Church service at 9.30 a.m. on Saturdays.
Ukrainian
Greek Orthodox Church
11 Wisla street
Phone (+48) 124292861
Holy Mass at 10 a.m. on Sundays
Jewish
religion
Holocaust
and emigration in the second half of the 20th century
diminished once numerous Jewish population of Krakow to a few
hundred nowadays. And just two out of the city's seven synagogues
serve for religious gatherings on the Sabbath and/or Jewish
holidays: Tempel, 24 Miodowa street at Podrzezie street, and
Remuh at 40 Szeroka street.
Islam
in Krakow
There
is a tiny, mostly immigrant Muslim community in Krakow. The
city lacks a mosque so its Muslims gather for Friday prayer in
the building of the Studium Jezyka Polskiego of the
Politechnika Krakowska University of Technology, 1
Skarzynskiego street, from noon to 2 p.m.
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Roman
Catholic Church
Sunday MassesKrakow churches
Krakow numerous churches are
architectural gems, art hoards, and spiritual
hubs
Wawel Cathedral
Poland's impressive national shrine
dates from the 14th century and shelters plenty
of superb church art. The Sigismund Chapel is a
masterpiece of the Renaissance art and
architecture. Giant Zygmunt
bell of 1520 ranks with the world's
largest. Most Polish
kings are buried here together with the
greatest national heroes.
Basilica of the
Virgin Mary's
Immense Gothic church, the city of
Krakow's principal temple since the 13th century,
boasts the world's greatest
Gothic sculpture among its many excellent
works of art. Huge stained-glass widows of the
chancel date from the 14th century.
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