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Bolshaya Berestovitsa. The Church of St. Nicholas.

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Belarus, Grodno region, Bolshaya Berestovitsa, Komsomolskaya str., 18.

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16.11.2024

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Before the revolution, there were two Orthodox churches in the town of Bolshaya Berestovitsa: a church rebuilt from a 17th-century Catholic church, and a new 19th-century church. In the center of the city, on a hill, the Orthodox church of St. Nicholas has been preserved.

The temple was built in the 19th century on the site of an old wooden church. The building was built in a pseudo–Russian style. There is a stone fence around the perimeter. In Soviet times, the church was closed. In the 1990s, restoration was carried out. The church is functioning.

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Historical

Historical

Architectural monument

Architectural monument

Location

Latitude: 53.18903646
Longitude: 24.01747813

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Алег Дзьячкоу

16.11.2024

Bolshaya Berestovitsa. The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

In the center of the town of Bolshaya Berestovitsa there are three ancient temples that were built before the revolution. The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas was built in the city center in the 19th century. Initially, there was an old wooden church on this site, which has fallen into disrepair. The old church was dismantled and a chapel was built from its materials in the local cemetery.


A new church was built in 1878, and a stone bell tower was erected nearby in 1882. The building was built according to the project of architect J. Fardon. The project was developed in 1858. A significant part of the money was spent on the Orthodox Church by a local aristocrat, Count Stanislav Kosakovsky (1795-1872), who was a Polish diplomat in the Russian service.


In Soviet times, in the 1960s, the church was closed, and there was a warehouse here. In 1989, the church was returned to Orthodox believers. Restoration has been carried out. A pre-revolutionary burial of priests has been preserved near the church.

The church was built in a pseudo-Russian style. It has a volume that is centric in terms of volume. A four-sided light drum has been erected above the prayer hall, which is covered with a four-pitched roof.

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