Orthodox Parish of Saints Constantine and Helen in Zgorzelec

The Orthodox Parish of Saints Constantine and Helen in Zgorzelec (Polish: Parafia Świętych Równych Apostołom Konstantyna i Heleny w Zgorzelcu; German: Heilige-Konstantin-und-Helena-Kirche) – is an Orthodox Christian parish in Zgorzelec, in the Archdiocese of Wrocław and Szczecin.

The next Orthodox church dates to the World War I, when the German authorities imprisoned 6,000 members of the Hellenic Army.

A legacy of those prisoners still visible today is the Greek Army cemetery in Görlitz, among them the grave of Father Michailis Dimitrios.

Although over the decades the Greek community in Zgorzelec diminished as people returned to Greece, the many years of effort for the authorization of a new local Orthodox congregation came to fruition at the beginning of the 21st century.

Poles, Greeks, Macedonians, Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, as well as Bulgarians living in Zgorzelec County and Görlitz attend services at the church.

The Orthodox Church of Ss. Helen and Constantine along Lubańska Street in Zgorzelec was built in large part due to the financial support of the local Greek community .
The wooden chapel of the Orthodox Parish of Saints Constantine and Helen in Zgorzelec .