Bobry. Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
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Belarus, Grodno region, Lida district, Bobry.
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05.12.2024
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The small village of Bobry in the Lida district is known for its ancient wooden church, a giant oak, and there is also an unusual monument – a footprint stone with the footprint of the Virgin Mary.
The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built in the early 19th century. The building is wooden, single-nave. At first, the church was Uniate, and then it was handed over to Orthodox believers.
Next to the church there is a Great Oak, which is hundreds of years old. There is also another monument near the temple – this is a footprint stone, which also has the status of a monument.
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Latitude: 53.72952508
Longitude: 25.16099825
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1Алег Дзьячкоу
05.12.2024
Bobry. Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
In the small village of Bobry in the Lida district, which is lost among forests and fields, there is an old wooden church, which is 200 years old. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Bobry estate belonged to the Radziwills magnates and was acquired by Karol Lyaskovich. It was Lyaskovich who supervised the construction of the Uniate church. An oak tree was planted near the church, which still grows there today.
At first, Nikolai Dominikovsky was the priest at the Greek Catholic church, then Joseph Kanakhovich from 1832. From 1834 to 1837, Matey Baranovsky served here, who first studied at the school at the Zhirovichi Monastery. After him was Fyodor Stepurinsky.
A hospital was founded at the church, which housed orphans and lonely old people.
In 1880, the church was completed: a bell tower was built over the church and a porch was made to the entrance.
The parish had 120 households of 478 men and 457 women. A school was opened at the church, where the priest taught the Law of God, and the psalmist Ignat Filippovich read and wrote. Priest Alexander Belyaev conducted educational work among the parishioners and distributed the Belarusian newspaper 'Krinitsa'. In May 1931, Nikolai Myshkovsky, whose children studied at the Belarusian gymnasium in Vilnius, was transferred here. In the 1930s, the church was renovated. After the Great Patriotic War, the church was closed and returned to Orthodox believers in the 1990s. Repairs have been carried out.
A stone fence has been erected around the church.
The church was built in the traditions of Belarusian folk architecture. The building is single-nave.
Near the church there is a footprint-stone with the imprint of a woman's foot. According to folk legend, this is a footprint of the Mother of God, the stone has the status of a monument.
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