Nabożeństwo w zborze Braci Polskich (Kolosy)

Dawny zbór ariański w Kolosach, w gminie Czarnocin , przebudowany w XVIII w., wpisany do rejestru zabytków nieruchomych (nr rej.: A.180 z 29.01.1958 i z 8.05.1971). Nad wejściem herb Szreniawa z datą 1654 r. Po upadku reformacji, podobnie jak większość pozostałych po niej obiektów, służył jako zwykły lamus dworski. Stoi opuszczony na uboczu, ale ma za sobą epizod na ekranie. "Zagrał" bowiem w filmie Stanisława Janickiego "Sąd nad Braćmi Polskimi" z 1984 roku.

Nabożeństwo było prowadzone przez wielebnych: dr Sándora Kovács'a (Unitarian, Kolozsvár, Siedmiogród), dr Davida Steers'a (NSPCI, Belfast, Irlandia Północna) i  dr Rogera Jonesa (UU, Sacramento, Kalifornia), którzy brali udział w zwiedzaniu miejsc związanych z braćmi polskimi w lipcu i sierpniu 2019 r.

Act of worship at the Polish Brethren Church, Kolosy, Poland

Sunday, 28th July 2019

There is a lot wrong with this video - sound, picture, continuity, all are faulty in one way or another. It was recorded on a device that was seriously unreliable, indeed the picture cuts out altogether towards the end although the sound continues for a little bit longer. However, the end of the film now contains a number of still images of the former church at Kolosy, both exterior and interior shots, and closes with the text of the Lord’s Prayer in Polish which we tried, but did not succeed, in saying together in that language. It is reproduced here because it represents a rare if not quite unique event – an act of worship in a church of the Polish Brethren/Minor Reformed Church, a church which was suppressed during the counter-reformation in 1658, just four years after this little church was built. The service is led by Rev Dr Sándor Kovács (Unitarian, Kolozsvár, Transylvania), Rev Dr David Steers (NSPCI, Belfast, Northern Ireland) and Rev Dr Roger Jones (UU, Sacramento, California) who were part of an organised tour of sites connected with the Polish Brethren in July and August 2019. Although a service was planned for this day on 28th July 2019 this was an impromptu act of worship because the Rev Dr Jay Atkinson, who was to have led the service, was unfortunately taken ill on the way to the building and had to go to hospital. So it fell to the three other clergy present to devise a service on the way. This is the service which is presented here, albeit in rather imperfect form. The chapel was built in 1654 and closed in 1658 but somehow has survived to the present day, perhaps being used as a store for many years. But it is still immediately recognisable as a place of worship. There is a link at the end of the video to a recent worship service in Northern Ireland which mentions this occasion. Further information about the 2019 tour can be seen on the following blog posts: https://velvethummingbee.com/2019/08/... https://velvethummingbee.com/2019/09/... https://velvethummingbee.com/2019/08/... https://velvethummingbee.com/2019/09/... https://velvethummingbee.com/2019/09/...