Church of All Saints and St. James in Gieczno

The Church of All Saints and Saint James is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Ozorków deanery of the Archdiocese of Łódź. It was built between 1717 and 1721, funded by Jan Pokrzywnicki, a canon of Gniezno. Architecturally, it is a wooden structure built using log construction, clad with wooden planks, with a rectangular nave consisting of three aisles of equal height, separated by pairs of pillars. On the eastern side of the narrower, polygonal chancel, there is a brick sacristy, and a square porch is attached to the nave. The interior is covered with flat ceilings, and the music choir is supported by two columns. The church is topped with gable roofs made of wood shingles, featuring a small belfry with a spire above the nave. Consecrated on November 18, 1721, by Sebastian Kasprowicz, a canon of Łęczyca, the church boasts rich furnishings. The main altar, crafted in 1720, includes sculptures of the Apostles Peter and Paul, as well as 18th-century paintings of the Virgin Mary with the Child and All Saints. On both sides of the chancel, there are Baroque altars with a crucifix and a painting of St. Roch, while the side aisles feature paintings of the Communion of St. Stanislaus Kostka and St. Anne with the Virgin and Child. The Baroque-style pulpit, with a painting of St. Barbara, dates back to 1670, and the wooden baptismal font is in the Empire style. The organ, built in 1892, and the Stations of the Cross with bas-relief forms, painted in 1990, enrich the cultural and parish life. As an example of sacred wooden architecture and the region's rich cultural heritage, the church is an important site for the local community.