Shabuni. St. Roch's Church.

    In the village of Shabuni, Pukhovichi district, a wooden Catholic church was built at the local cemetery, which was consecrated in honor of St. Roch. The first Catholic parish in Shabun was established during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 18th century. Then the parishioners decided to build a chapel in the cemetery.

        There is a legend that the construction of the first church has a connection with the cholera epidemic in these places. At the height of the epidemic, local residents brought an icon of St. Roch, and the disease stopped.

      At the end of the 18th century, during the time of the Russian Empire, in 1796, a wooden Catholic chapel was built in the cemetery in the east of the village. The temple was consecrated in honor of Saint Roch, who is considered the patron saint of diseases and epidemics. The date of the church's construction was carved on the building itself. The church was patronized by Bernardine monks from Minsk.

         In 1829, the chapel was renovated and rebuilt. A little later, in 1860, the temple was rebuilt again. The funds for the renovation of the shrine were donated by Prince Wittgenstein, who at that time was the owner of these places. During the last reconstruction, the chapel was significantly increased in size. In historical documents, the building was no longer called a chapel, but a church.

       In the first years after the revolution, the church was renovated again in 1923-1924. Repairs were also carried out after the Great Patriotic War in 1971 and in 1997. The floor and roof were replaced. The church was inactive for some time, and in 2015, Metropolitan of Minsk-Mogilev Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz rededicated the chapel after repairs. 

        The monument was erected in the style of Belarusian folk architecture. The building consists of three main architectural parts: a vestibule, a prayer hall and a triangular apse. It consists of two log cabins. The main facade is completed with a triangular pediment, which is supported by 4 pillars.