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St. Peter's Church Nicholas

Here is the thickest tree in Belarus, an oak tree, which is about 50 m high and the trunk is about 3 m thick. In the cemetery you can see the wooden chapel of St. Simon (19th century). There is also a wooden church of St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas, built in the Baroque style in 1818.

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

In 1866, a brick church of St. Peter was built on the very edge of the village. Nicholas in the retrospective Russian style. Today the temple has been restored. A well-equipped and well-maintained courtyard of the temple.

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

In 1869, the Church of St. Peter was built of brick in the center of the village. Nicholas in the retrospective Russian style. After the recent rebuilding of the domes, the temple was reopened to the faithful. On the same side of the street, you can see an interesting one-story building of a parish school. Under Soviet rule, the building housed a village club, and later a library.

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

At the beginning of the 20th century. The Church of St. Peter was built of red brick. St. Nicholas in the neo-Russian style (Yaroslavl direction). It was built at the expense of Count Vorontsov and his wife, the granddaughter of Alexander Pushkin, Natalia Alexandrovna. Grave grave of her and the grave of the count behind the apse of the temple have been restored recently.

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

The settlement has been mentioned since the 15th century. as a settlement within Incl. It was part of the possessions of the Olelkovich noble family, then the Khodkevichs, Pats. The Ascension Church in the non-Russian style was built of brick in 1890. The brick Church of St. St. Nicholas was built in the retrospective Russian style in 1910. Noteworthy are the ordinary buildings (XVIII century), the memorial column at the cemetery (XVIII century) and the Voznesenskaya Chapel (1912) on the city square.

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

This Orthodox church stands on the site of an older wooden church, which was built in the middle of the 19th century, but for unknown reasons disappeared by the end of this century. The current brick church was built in the retrospective Russian style in 1900. It retains icons from the previous shrine, painted in the early 18th century.

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

The history of this temple is very similar to the history of the temple in the village of Gorodishche, which will be discussed later in this route. The temple was built in 1799 in the style of folk architecture with elements of classicism from wooden beams. After the suppression of the uprising of 1863-1864, a vestibule with a two-tiered wooden bell tower was added to the main rectangular church. Above the entrance are spacious choirs, above which once stood a small organ.

St. Peter's Church Nicholas

Since the middle of the XVI century. - property of the Khodkevich family. Then the Yachinovskys, Kopatey. The first church was destroyed during the war with Muscovy (1654-1667). In 1718, a new Catholic shrine was erected, which was rededicated to Orthodoxy by the tsarist authorities after the uprising of 1863-1864. Today we have a wooden church built in the classical style and consecrated in honor of St. Michael.

St. Peter's Church St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

In 1882, a brick church in honor of St. Nicholas was erected in the village in the pseudo-Russian style. St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The temple is small, but it was built according to all the canons. The temple building includes a prayer hall, a five-sided apse, a refectory and a bell tower consisting of several volumes.

St. Peter's Church St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

In 1868, the Church of St. Nicholas was built of brick. St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the retrospective Russian style. The temple stands on the outskirts of a small village. The shrine is surrounded by a rubble stone fence with a simple metal gate. Until recently, the church was surrounded by ancient trees, but some of the trees were cut down, and now the white silhouette of the church is visible from afar.

St. Michael's Church

Church of St. Michael the Archangel

The settlement was first mentioned in 1454. In the 16th century– it was a settlement. It belonged to the Sapieha family. The local temple was originally Uniate, it was built of stone and brick in 1601. The temple was often rebuilt, restored, and today its walls are in forests, which gives hope that, eventually, the shrine will be restored and replenish the list of attractions in Belarus.

Church of St. Michael the Archangel

In 1784, this temple was built of wooden beams in the style of folk architecture with Baroque features. Today it is known as the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. It stands in ancient Catholic cemeteries. In the cemetery, you can also see the miraculously preserved gravestone chapel and the bell tower gate, built of stone in the 19th century.

Church of St. Michael the Archangel

In 1524, this unique monument of Renaissance and Gothic architecture was built of brick in the center of the settlement. From 1555 to 1643 - Calvinist assembly. In 1838, the temple completely burned down from the inside. In 1924 and 1932 the church was restored. In 1989, the church was restored and handed over to Catholics. The buildings of the Tarasevich estate are perfectly preserved: manor house, stable, outhouse, gate, outbuildings. The territory is well ordered.

Church of St. Michael the Archangel

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel is made in a retrospective Russian style. Probably in the 17th century. the shrine was built as a Uniate or Catholic church. In 1863, the church was rebuilt. It was closed in 1961, but returned to believers in 1990.

Church of St. Michael the Archangel

In Synkovichi, you can see a fortress church in the style of defensive architecture. The temple has preserved Renaissance and Gothic features. The Church of St. Michael the Archangel was built of brick in 1530. It was rebuilt in 1880. It is claimed to be a former 14th-century Prussian castle. In 1880, a small tower was installed above the apse and the dome above the central part of the temple was dismantled. The bell tower in the church was built in 1891. The distillery building has been preserved from the Puslovsky estate.

St. Michael's Church: the gate

St. Paraskeva Friday Church

The settlement has been known since the 15th century. Before the suppression of the uprising of 1830-1831, a Dominican monastery flourished here. In 1881, the church of St. Paraskeva Friday was built of wood in the retrospective Russian style. The Jewish cemetery has been preserved. The temple stands on a hill near the Issa River, offering a beautiful view.

St. Paraskeva Friday Church

St. Paraskeva Friday Church

This former Uniate church, built of wood in 1788, originally consisted of two main volumes: a square prayer room and a five-sided altar with two high-set windows. After 1864, the church was rebuilt. Two rectangular sacristies were added to the altar area, and a two–story vestibule, rare in design, was added to the prayer hall, which was also used as a bell tower.

St. Paraskeva Friday Church

St. Paraskeva Friday Church

The Kriovzvizhansky church, with pronounced constructivist features, was built of brick in 1924. The original style of the church was significantly changed during repeated reconstructions. In 1950, the Soviet authorities closed the shrine and adapted it for economic needs. It was only in 1991 that the church, which had been significantly restored, was returned to the faithful.

St. Paraskeva Friday Church

St. Paraskeva Friday Church

St. Paraskeva Friday Church

St. Paraskeva Friday Church: gates

Church of St. Paraskeva of Serbia

The Church of St. Paraskeva of Serbia was built of wood in the Baroque style with elements of folk architecture in 1795 as a Uniate shrine. The three-nave basilica had a spacious high portico on eight wooden columns until 1841. At that time, two-walled rooms were added to the temple, due to which the shrine became more elongated. At the same time, two side buildings were added to the central nave.

St. Peter's Church The Prophet Elijah

This settlement is the birthplace of the famous religious and statesman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Ignatius Jakub Masalski. He died during the uprising led by Tadeusz Kosciuszko. The Church of the Intercession in the retrospective Russian style, preserved in this village, was built of brick and consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas. The Prophet Elijah. The church was built on the site of an old wooden shrine at the expense of I. Masalsky in 1871.