St Nicholas Cathedral in Białystok — the Orthodox cathedral on Lipowa Street

The Cathedral of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, built in the 1840s, is the main church of the Orthodox diocese and a symbol of multicultural Białystok. It stands right on Lipowa Street, a few minutes from the square; inside are the iconostasis, wall paintings and the relics of St Gabriel of Zabłudów.

Visiting

It is a working church — visit outside services, quietly and in suitable clothing. It is most beautiful on Orthodox feast days, which usually fall later than Catholic ones.

How to get there and practical info

Where: Ul. Lipowa 15, city centre
Entry: Free, outside services
Dress: Suitable for a place of worship

Other sights in Białystok

Straight-line distances from „St Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral" — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.

Kościuszko Square and town hallA triangular square with the rebuilt town hall — now the Podlasie Museum — and café garden

~289 m as the crow flies

Cathedral of the Assumption (Old Parish Church)Two churches in one: a 17th-century parish church and the neo-Gothic basilica built onto i

~458 m as the crow flies

St Roch's ChurchA modernist gem on the hill at the end of Lipowa Street — a national Monument of History.

~681 m as the crow flies

Branicki Palace and gardensThe Versailles of Podlasie — the Hetman's baroque residence with French gardens open

~725 m as the crow flies

Podlasie Opera and PhilharmonicThe largest stage in north-eastern Poland — opera, musicals and concerts, plus an open-air

~936 m as the crow flies

Ludwik Zamenhof CentreAn exhibition about the multicultural city in which Esperanto was born.

~1,0 km as the crow flies

Siberian Memorial MuseumA modern museum about deportations to Siberia — one of Poland's most important histor

~1,8 km as the crow flies

Supraśl — monastery and Icon MuseumA spa town in the Knyszyn Forest with a monastery, Icon Museum, kayaks and a river beach.

~15 km as the crow flies

Narew National Park — Waniewo–Śliwno boardwalkThe "Polish Amazon" — a kilometre of boardwalks and hand-pulled floating ferries

~24 km as the crow flies

Tykocin — Great Synagogue and castleA small town on the Narew with one of Poland's most beautiful synagogues and a rebuil

~27 km as the crow flies

Kruszyniany — Tatar mosqueAn 18th-century wooden mosque and cemetery of the Polish Tatars — plus Tatar cuisine.

~44 km as the crow flies

St Nicholas Cathedral in Białystok — the Orthodox cathedral on Lipowa Street

Visiting

How to get there and practical info

Other sights in Białystok

Where to stay nearby