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Berezhno. Church of the Mother of God of Kazan.

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Belarus, Grodno region, Korelichsky district, Berezhno.

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06.02.2025

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A stone church of Our Lady of Kazan was built in Berezhno, Korelichi district. The temple was built in the 19th century during the Russian Empire on the outskirts of the town at the local cemetery. It is possible that the temple originally belonged to the Uniates. The church has been renovated in recent years. The temple is functioning. There is a stone wall and fence in front of the church. The village also has a monument to fellow countrymen who died in the Great Patriotic War.

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Historical

Historical

Architectural monument

Architectural monument

Location

Latitude: 53.56193725
Longitude: 26.51140306

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Алег Дзьячкоу

06.02.2025

Berezhno. The Church of the Mother of God of Kazan.

In the Korelichi district in the village of Berezhno there is a stone Orthodox church, which was consecrated in honor of the Kazan Mother of God.

The place was first mentioned in historical sources in the 16th century during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

In those days, Berezhno belonged to marshal dvorny Yuri Ilyinich. The place belonged to the Mir estate. There was a marina on the Neman River, where warehouses for goods were located. It was part of the Mir County in the 17th – 18th centuries. After the second partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it became part of the Russian Empire. It was part of the Novogrudok district of the Minsk province.


The stone church of Our Lady of Kazan was built on the outskirts of the village in the 19th century. There are two versions of the temple's construction. The first version tells us that the church was rebuilt from a former stone church, possibly a Uniate one, after the suppression of the anti-Russian uprising of 1863-1864.

According to another version, merchants who passed through the village wanted to build an Orthodox church here and spent money on the construction of the temple.

The temple consists of two main parts: the vestibule and the prayer hall.

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