So-called Baśka Puzon City Park

The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Church, located on what used to be Cicha Street, (today in the area of the Czeslawa Puzon a.k.a. "Baśka" city park) already existed in 1520.

Until the 1860s it was a parish church, under which the Ruthenians living in the Ruskie Przedmieście were subordinate.

In the immediate vicinity of the church were the rectory and school buildings, as well as a hospital for the poor, outbuildings and a garden that stretched all the way to the city walls by the Krakow Gate.

In the past, the church had rich furnishings, including a valuable iconostasis, with gilded and silver-plated icons and liturgical vessels made in Gdansk. It was here that the miraculous icon "Gate of Mercy" of 1620 was located, which was not moved until 1747 to the newly built Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration.

Today, of the tripartite church, only the presbytery remains. Its interior is covered with a polychrome probably made in the 18th century and restored before World War II by Karl Hasko, a priest and painter from the Yaroslavl parish. The main scenes on the polychrome refer to the seven holy sacraments.

Currently, the polychrome is in very poor condition, and the church lacks any furnishings. This state of affairs was greatly influenced by the conversion of the church into a powder magazine by the Austrians in 1789. At that time the nave and vestibule were partially destroyed. In 1791 the temple was bought back by the Ruthenians. They carried out renovations, converting the preserved chancel into a liturgical chapel and reducing the area of the temple. In 1956, the devastated building was decided to be demolished. Only thanks to the protests of the public, especially the Yaroslavl artistic circles, the demolition did not take place. Currently, the church's presbytery is renovated and fenced off.

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