As a practicing "protestant", with a Polish Catholic wife; I have a good idea and understanding of Catholicism in Poland. I am curious however, if there are any practicing non Cthl believers and if so, how many groups of protestants have a "church" or meeting place? Are their specific buildings in towns/cities? Can anybody give me examples? I've yet to find anything in Gdansk/Tricity or Olsztyn or the Warmia region.
The Anglicans have a monthly Eucharist in Gdansk and there are various sorts of evangelical gatherings there.
Here's a link: anglicanchurch.pl I didn't see anything on the site about Gdansk, so you'd have to contact them to check the details. There's also: gracechurchgdansk.org which looks like an American fundamentalist organisation. There are also Polish speaking protestant churches there plus the Jehovah's Witnesses.
I googled it and couldn't find, however I know the priest from Warsaw was going up there once a month. Your best bet is to mail them through the contact page on their website or (sine I think they're in an interregnum) give them a call.
There are other faiths around - but not so very obvious. I used to attend a regular Anglican service in Gdansk, but that's about .. um ... 7 or 8 years ago now. Not sure what happens now, if anything.
The services were in Wrzeszcz originally, in rooms owned by .. I believe a Baptist church (not sure of the details, now, I must admit) Just before I stopped going they were having services in a Polish not-Roman Catholic church up behind Gdansk Glowny railway station. (near Urz M.) I've seen a few 7th Day Adventist churches -- there's one on Jaskowa Dolina in Gdansk, and I'm sure I"ve seen others.
I've met Mormans in Urz M. while getting my karta pobytu, had JWs at my door even 12 years ago And for sure I've met other missionary types from time to time at e.g. language classes. I know of a few other more evangelical churches, not necessarily in the city -- even with followers na wsi.
I am not sure if you are still looking for a church in Gdansk, but there is an Evangelical, bilingual (Polish/English) church called Gospel Church that meets on Sunday evenings at 18:00. They use the Baptist Church's building. Here's more info:
Does anyone know the percentage of Lutherans in Polish Pomerania today?
Not too many left after the ethnic cleansing following WW2. 130 parishes with 75.000 members in all of Poland (in 2009). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Poland
EDIT: Sorry, just saw that Boletus had posted the link already.
There's a big Lutehran church just a stone's throw from the Hotel Victoria (I think it's now called Sofitel). My impression is that there are some 90,000 Lutherans in Poland, but the majority live in Cieszyn Silesia. Former PM Jerzy Buzek is a Lutheran.
One of the most colourful denominations are the Catholic Mariavites of Felcjanowo near Płock who have not only women priests but also bishopesses. There are also Old Catholic Mariavites but they do not have female clergy.
One of the most colourful denominations are the Catholic Mariavites of Felcjanowo near Płock
The Old Catholic Mariavites have quite a presence in Plock itself and a particularly beautiful cathedral. There's a parish in Warsaw too and several dioceses around Poland.
They were particularly persecuted back in the 1930s.
The Felicianowo ones are the much smaller Orthodox Mariavites. These are the ones with female clergy. They do not encourage strangers or attention of any sort.
Here in Warsaw on al. Solidarności is also the Reformed Evangelical Church. Beautiful building, but always closed to the public as I know. Inside is a plaque commemorating Mikołaj Rej.
Now that you mention it - I somewhere read that as well. Still a nice structure. I always wanted to have a peek inside - passing it everyday from/to work, but it is always closed unfortunately.
