Novaya Popina. Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord.

In the village of Novaya Popina, Drogichin district, there is an ancient church of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The temple was built in 1810 during the Russian Empire on the site of an old church. According to some sources, the former church was built during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1723 and belonged to Uniate believers.

The temple was built at the expense of Mikhail Ozheshko, the leader of the nobility of the Pinsk district. The new iconostasis was created in 1870 at the expense of local parishioners. Ignatiy Mazanovich and his brother Matvey donated a bell worth 100 silver rubles to the church. And in 1867 they donated 500 rubles. Priest Anthony Stankevich used these funds to build a bell tower, a new roof and fencing around the church. A new sacristy was created in 1873 for donations of 99 rubles from parishioners. The chasuble of light brocade was donated by peasant Mazanovich. They purchased a new bell and repaired the roof in 1886. In 1897, Archpriest John Sergiev sent one hundred rubles for the needs of the church.

After the Great Patriotic War, the church was closed in Soviet times. And the building was handed over to Orthodox believers only at the end of the existence of the USSR in 1989. In November 1989, the church was consecrated again.

 The church was built in the traditions of folk wooden architecture. It consists of three main parts: the vestibule, the prayer hall and the apse. A multi-tiered bell tower is built over the vestibule. An iconostasis from the 19th century has been preserved in the interior.