Novogrudok. The Church of St. Nicholas, Franciscan Monastery
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Belarus, Grodno region, Novogrudok, Grodnenskaya str.
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04.02.2025
Description
In the historical center of Novogrudok, a Baroque Franciscan church and monastery were built in the 18th century. In the 19th century, the church was rebuilt as the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas. A wooden two-tiered iconostasis of 13 icons was installed in the interior. There is an icon "Our Lady of Odigitria" from the 18th century. Tile stoves from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved in the interior. Near the church there is a stone two-storey building of the Franciscan monastery. The church is active.
Categories
Historical
Architectural monument
Location
Latitude: 53.59878969
Longitude: 25.82331782
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1Алег Дзьячкоу
04.02.2025
Novogrudok. The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Franciscan Monastery.
In the Novogrudok hystorical center, next to the former shopping square on Grodnenskaya Street, there is a building of the former church and monastery of the Franciscans. Now it is the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas.
There was a Catholic Franciscan order in the city already in the 14th century.
A wooden church was built in 1434. The stone church and monastery of the Franciscans were established in the 1780s during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Thomas Voynilovich was the sponsor of the construction of the shrine. In those days, Grodno Street was called Franciscan Street, because there was a Catholic shrine here that belonged to the Franciscans.
After the anti-Russian uprising of 1830-1831 during the Russian Empire, the monastery was first closed, and then in 1846 the church was transferred to the Orthodox church. The church, which was built in the Baroque style, was rebuilt as the church of St. Nicholas.
In 1852, the church was significantly rebuilt after a great fire. And the building, which had features of the late Baroque, acquired a new style called Russian-Byzantine.
The monument is a three-nave basilica with a five-sided apse. The main facade is divided into three tiers by an entablature. The windows on the main facade, which have semicircular arched ends, are glazed with stained glass.
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