Izdebky [Ru] Izdebki [Polish]
Bereziv District, present day SE Poland
Lemko Surnames cited by Krasovs'kyj from 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records
Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]
Church was "Deposition of the Vestments of the Blessed Virgin Mary" [1660] [destroyed]
The wooden church was renovated in 1890 and 1928. Only a wooden cross marks the place where the church stood. In 1945, the last priest, o. Orest Kaluzhnjac'kyj was sealed up in a cellar and left to die by the Poles.
The land for the village was given to the Polish nobleman Izdebski by King Kazymyr the Great in the 14th century. A Polish church was built on the site of the original church. On January 23, 1593, the landowner Katerina Waposka ordered all of the people in Izdebky would all have to become Roman Catholic and that all baptisms would have to be performed by a Latin Rite priest. The Greek Cathloics attended the church in VOLODZH until 1660 when they built their own church. In 1670 the priest purchased property for 400 zloty that was for the support of the parish
In 1785 the village lands comprised 32.72 sq km. There were 450 Greek Catholics 750 Roman Catholics and 12 Jews
1840 - 486 Greek Catholics
1859 - 550 Greek Catholics
1879 - 621 Greek Catholics
1899 - 946 Greek Catholics
1926 - 1150 Greek Catholics
1936 - 1003 Greek Catholics
In 1936 there were 2350 Roman Catholics and 85 Jews
The village was incorporated in to the Lemko Apostolic Administration
in 1934
Filial church located in OBARYM 5km away
Villages served by the priest were BEREZIV 12km, BLYZNE 15km, DOMARADZ 20km, JABLINKA 10km, NEVISTKA 14km, PERESITNYCJA 6km, STARAVES' 10km and VYDRNA 5km
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