Church of St. Elijah (Lublin)

The Carmelites appeared in Lublin at the beginning of the XVII century. In 1677, they received royal permission to establish a monastery outside the city. In 1680, on the site of the current temple, they built a wooden chapel. The stone church in the late Baroque style was erected here from 1740 to 1755 according to the project of architect Paolo Antonio Fontana. The church was consecrated in 1784 by the vicar bishop . In 1810, the monastery and the church passed to the bare Carmelites. In 1835, the monastery complex was occupied by bonifraters, for whom in 1839, according to the project of the architect Ferdinand Konotkevich, the monastery was converted into a hospital. After the bonifraters were expelled from the Kingdom of Poland, in 1864 the hospital was handed over to the nuns who worked here except for the period from 1893 to 1905. Only in 1969 the church was again returned to the Carmelites, who built a new monastery nearby ^[2] .

The temple is an ellipsoidal rotunda in the late Baroque style, in the northern part of which there is a rectangular altar with a semicircular apse. The facade has two levels and one axis. The lower level on the sides is distinguished by Tuscan pilasters. The upper level on the sides is marked by volutes and completes the window with a segmented arch. The rectangular portal has a window of the same shape above it. To the right of the temple adjoins a two-story bell tower with pilasters in the corners separated by a horizontal cornice ^[2] .

The interior of the temple is also Baroque. In the presbytery there is a wooden altar of the early 18th century in the Rococo style. In the central part of the altar there are paintings depicting St. John of God (XVIII century) and St. Vincent de Paul (XIX century). The altar also houses the benches of the choirs of 1800, bearing the features of the Rococo style and classicism. There are four side altars in the temple. On the right side there are altars with images of Our Lady of Czestochowa and St. Joseph with the baby Jesus, created in 1684. On the left side are altars with images of the crucifixion of Jesus and the Immaculate Virgin Mary; the last in the rococo style, covered with a canopy and decorated with sculptures of four Evangelists. Both altars were created in the second half of the 18th century. The church organ and vestries with two oak chests of drawers belong to the same period ^[2] .

• Kościół pw. św. Eliasza Proroka w Lublinie (neopr.) . www.teatrnn.pl. - About the rector's church of St. Elijah in Lublin on the website of the Lublin Dictionary. (polish)