Budcha. Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord.

There is a 19th-century wooden Orthodox church in the town of Budcha in the Gantsevichi district. The temple is located in the local cemetery in the center of the town.

Budcha was first mentioned in 1515 during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, when the town was acquired by Prince of Pinsk Fyodor Ivanovich. The first church was mentioned in 1623, when the church was consecrated by Metropolitan Joseph Rutsky. The church belonged to Uniate believers.

Later, the place became the property of Prince Radziwill. After the second partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Budcha became part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th century, after the prohibition of the union, the church and its parishioners converted to the Orthodox faith.

At the end of the 19th century, the Transfiguration Church was built, where Fyodor Novitsky, the grandfather of Academician Yefim Karsky, served. The temple was built in 1896 on the very spot where the ancient temple once stood. The church was built in the traditions of wooden folk architecture. In plan, the building has a centric cross-domed composition. It consists of five log cabins. The main cuboid volume is completed with an octagonal drum and a tall multi-faceted tent. The vestibule is covered with a gable roof. An apse is attached to the main volume.

The interior features several 19th-century icons, including the Annunciation, the Holy Trinity, The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, and others. The church has been renovated in recent years.