Church number three - Saints Cyril and Methodius Church, Dubina: In the mid-1800s, a group of families from the northeastern part of Moravia landed in the central Texas hills, and after happening upon a grove of oak trees, they decided to call the area home and named it Dubin.

After the Civil War, in 1877, these same families set out to build a church, Saints Cyril and Methodius.
Poignantly, they topped their house of worship with an iron cross made by a freed slave named Tom Lee.
But the 1909 hurricane that ravaged central Texas took down Saints Cyril and Methodius. Undeterred, the Dubinites commissioned another church in 1912 and were able to salvage Mr. Lee’s cross.
A testament to the gothic cathedrals of their homeland, Saints Cyril and Methodius features sky-blue ceilings and domes set off with gold stars, floral stencils, and angels on high.

Statutes wreath the altar, and a mural of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane holds a place of prominence.
With more windows than any of the other painted churches of Texas, Saints Cyril and Methodius is a bright and cheery sanctuary that uplifts the soul. (It is arguably the most elaborate church of all painted churches of Texas.)
In the 1950s, the local diocese ruled that the vibrant interior was too distracting and whitewashed the artwork.
But in the 1980s, when other area churches were recognized for their painted interiors, Saints Cyril and Methodius restored the original art.
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