Grabarka [ɡraˈbarka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milejczyce, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 72 people, among whom 2 were Roman Catholic, 65 Orthodox, and 3 Mosaic. At the same time, 2 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 65 Belarusian and 3 Jewish.
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Pokaniewo [pɔkaˈɲɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milejczyce, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
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Jałtuszczyki [jau̯tuʂˈt͡ʂɨki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milejczyce, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
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Klimkowicze [klʲimkɔˈvʲit͡ʂɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milejczyce, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 47 people, among whom 41 Orthodox, and 6 Mosaic. At the same time, all inhabitants declared Polish nationalityn. There were 8 residential buildings in the village.
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St. Barbara's Church is an Orthodox parish church in Milejczyce that belongs to the Kleszczele Deanery of the Diocese of Warsaw and Bielsk of the Polish Orthodox Church.
The Orthodox parish of St. Barbara in Milejczyce existed at the beginning of the 16th century. In the following century, it accepted the Union of Brest despite initial resistance from local clergy and parishioners. In the 18th century, the church dedicated to St. Barbara in Milejczyce was described as severely damaged. In 1839, following the decisions of the Synod of Polotsk, the local parish was incorporated into the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1859, the St. Barbara's Church in Milejczyce was completely destroyed in a fire. A new church was built between 1899 and 1900, and it has served as the parish church since its consecration.
The church is a notable center for the veneration of St. Barbara, housing a 17th-century image of the saint.
The building is situated on St. Barbara Street, within a plot surrounded by a low, modern fence. Nearby the church are several tombstones and a few scattered trees.
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Gmina Milejczyce is a rural gmina in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Milejczyce, which lies approximately 21 kilometres north-east of Siemiatycze and 67 km south of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 151.79 square kilometres, and as of 2006 its total population is 2,209.
There were 20 residential buildings in the village.