Wooden St. Michael’s church is located on the hill of the neighborhood in the town of Svaliava, which used to be a separate village Bystryi. Most historians agree that the church was built in 1558, and the dates visible on the narthex walls (1733 and 17…2) indicate renovations in those years. Initially, the temple stood on the hill above the current settlement, and the present site of the wooden monument was moved in 1759 and it was slightly rebuilt.
St. Michael’s church is built in the Lemko style, which can be easily recognized even after the reconstruction. The Lemko style is indicated by a high tower with a baroque completion, a rapid growth of forms from a low altar to the tower and a gallery with carved columns around the narthex. Hip ceilings of the nave and the newly built altar frame acquired arched vaults after reconstruction. The original interior has been lost, but the 18th century iconostasis is well preserved. From the late 1940s to the early 1990s the church was closed. There used to be a single-tiered bell tower next to the church, which, unfortunately, was disassembled in the 2000s