Cerkiew pw. Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego
This Baroque church—known locally as the Kościół św. Norberta—began as a Latin-rite home for the Norbertine Sisters. Construction of the Cerkiew Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego took place between 1636 and 1643, and it was built for that community at 11 Wiślna Street in Kraków’s Old Town. The building’s identity changed when religious orders were suppressed by Austrian authorities in 1803: the nuns left, and in 1809 the church was handed over to the Greek Catholics. It then became the seat of the Greek Catholic Parish of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and Greek Catholics held it until 1947. From 1949 to 1998, the monastery complex belonged to the Missionaries of La Salette, while the church’s name again emphasized St. Norbert. In 1998, it returned to the Greek Catholics and is now the Church (Tserkov) of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, serving the Polish Greek Catholic Parish. …
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