Lelchitsy. The Church of the Holy Trinity.
Church
Belarus, Gomel region, Lelchitsy urban settlement, Karl Marx St., 1
Description
The first mention of the Trinity Church in Lelchitsy dates back to 1650. From that moment to the present, the church in Lelchitsy has gone through a very difficult and long path of its formation - temples were destroyed, completed, changed, and finally, a new Orthodox church was erected here in 1993. It was built as a tribute to the Trinity Church of the seventeenth century.
The building of the current church harmoniously fits into the landscape of the park area and is the heart and decoration of the urban settlement of Lelchitsy. Throughout the entire existence of the church in Lelchitsy, parishioners have made a lot of efforts to build, equip and maintain it.
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Historical
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1Ольга Ерёменко
12.06.2025
The Church of the Holy Trinity.
The first written mention of the church in Lelchitsy dates back to April 25, 1650 in a letter from the auditor Florian Vyshimirsky, which refers to the transfer of land to the church for the settlement of a priest. In 1662, nobleman Stefan Vainilovich allocated land to the parish. However, the first church did not last long - in 1761 the new church burned down. With the funds of the parishioners and their forces, another one was built in 1774.
The church had the shape of a Cross with a dome in the middle. It was made of wood, had a plot of 0.4 hectares and a plot of land on which the apiary was located. The church was located near the river Ubort'. The iconostasis of the church was wooden, single-tiered. It contained 9 painted icons. In 1820, a new iconostasis was made for the church, and in 1840, the upper iconostasis was renovated with donations from parishioners. In 1843, the parishioners built a new wooden bell tower. However, the parishioners dreamed of a more spacious church, and only fifty years later, a new wooden church was built in Lelchitsy, together with the same bell tower on a stone foundation by the parishioners of Count Tyshkevich's wood materials.
In 1935, the church was closed and turned into a granary, but the priest continued to worship in his apartment. The temple existed until 1983, and then it was destroyed, and its log cabin served as the basis of a dormitory for rafters.
Until 1990, there was no religious community on the territory of the urban settlement of Lelchitsy, and only in 1991 the parish of the Holy Trinity was established. In August 1993, Bishop of Turov Peter laid the foundation stone of a new church in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity.
The building of the modern temple is built of red brick with white elements and a green roof, with five golden domes in the middle. A belfry was installed above the entrance to the temple. The territory of the temple is surrounded by a metal fence with red brick pillars and a stone-concrete foundation. In 2005, a Cross of worship and a memorial plaque were installed on the territory of the temple, which was consecrated in honor of the fifth anniversary of the consecration of the temple.
A visit to the church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Lelchitsy may be interesting for tourists and travelers who are actively interested in the history of Belarus.