St. Lawrence's Church, Warsaw

Until the 17th century the church was just a branch of the St. John's Cathedral, and it was not until 1611 that a separate parish was founded in the village of Wielka Wola.

In 1695 the deacon of Warsaw Reverend Mikołaj Popławski founded a new church in its place, with the money donated by Queen-consort Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien.

However, after King John III Sobieski died, the funds were withdrawn and it was not until 1755 that the construction works were finally finished.

In line with official policy of Russification, it was converted into an Orthodox church devoted to the Holy Image of Our Lady of Vladimir, the patron-saint of the day Warsaw was captured by the Russians.

It was rebuilt after World War II, and now the church serves a small parish of roughly 1000 members.