The wooden Greek Catholic Church of St. Luke, Tročany
The Hungarian name of the village Tročany, Trocsan, appeared in the documents for the first time in the mid-14th century. The settlement, however, existed as early as 1277 under the name villa Sanctae Trinitatis. The Latin and Slovak names prove that first there was a church and only later the village itself was built. It is assumed that it was the Church of St. Trinity, which was built at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries.
Tročany was the property of Ján Záhradník and his sons and in the 14th to 16th centuries it belonged to the local burghs. A document dating to 1387 states that beside Tročany there was also a village of Malé Tročany, both owned by several landowners. At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, the villages were home to Slovaks and Ruthenians. The village had its own church, rectory and probably a school too.
Part of the inventory of the church, including the door, comes from the original church that stood on the same site as early as 1338. A shingled tower with one bell rises above the building.
In 1897, 1933 and 1968, the wooden temple underwent extensive renovations and today is considered an important national cultural monument.
Titulná foto: Jano Štovka, MQEP
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