Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland in Narost

The church in Narost in Chojna municipality was built in the second half of the 13th century. It is built of evenly dressed granite ashlar and is unplastered, and in 1890 it was thoroughly rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic spirit. It belongs to the parish of St Anthony of Padua in Brwice.

Form after the rebuilding

The single-nave building has a nave measuring 9 by 8.6 metres and a smaller chancel closed with a straight wall. A tower stands by the nave. In 1890 the present gables, the eaves cornice and the upper part of the tower were built, the windows were rebuilt and the furnishings replaced. In the walls traces of five walled-up original pointed-arch windows can be seen, and in the east elevation three windows in a pointed-arch recess, above which the gable is decorated with three blind arcades.

Furnishings

Of the older furnishings a wooden pulpit from 1712, richly decorated with plant ornament, from the workshop of H.B. Hatternkerell of Moryń, has survived, together with two epitaphs from 1710 and 1745. There is also a Neo-Gothic font, a wooden choir gallery and choir stalls. In the wooden main altar hangs a copy of the painting of Our Lady of Częstochowa. Three bells hang in the tower: one from the 14th century and two from the 19th century. The church is surrounded by a cemetery with a Neo-Gothic stone wall and brick gates.

The mother parish has its church in the Church of St Anthony in Brwice.

Practical information

• Location: Narost, Chojna municipality, Gryfino County.
• After the war the church was blessed as Catholic on 17 April 1946.
• The church is active as a filial or parish church, and service times and the possibility of entering the interior are given by the parish.