Stolovichi. Church of Alexander Nevsky.

The village of Stolovichi in the Baranovichi district has a long and rich history. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Stolovichi was the center of the Maltese Order in Belarus. In 1610, Prince Nikolai Radziwill 'Orphan' founded the Commandery of the Maltese Order here. It was perhaps the only church in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that belonged to the Maltese Order.

In the 17th century, the Radziwills built a wooden church of the Holy Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. In 1639, the brick Loreto Chapel was built. At the beginning of the 18th century, there were also wooden buildings of a monastery and a hospital. In 1740, construction of a large brick church began according to the design of the famous architect Joseph Fontana III. The previously existing brick chapel was included in the new church. At a later period, in 1743, the architect Johann Glaubitz finalized the architectural design and completed the construction of the church.

The church began operating in 1746. After the suppression of the anti-Russian uprising in our lands in the 19th century, the Catholic church was transferred to the Orthodox Church. In 1868, the church was converted into an Orthodox church and christened in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. An iconostasis was installed inside, and the architectural masterpiece was decorated with five onion-shaped domes on the outside. However, the domes did not survive to this day. The only reminders of them are the drawings of our fellow countryman Napoleon Orda and photographs from the first half of the 20th century. By the way, the name of the church also changed - the church was re-consecrated in honor of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky.

The church was built in the style of the late Vilnius Baroque. The temple is a three-aisled basilica. The facade has two-tiered towers. The interior has preserved a three-tiered altar connected to the Loreto Chapel. The decorative finishing is done using the knocking technique. In the central part of the altar is a baroque cartouche with an image of the severed head of John the Baptist. Next to the church, to the right of the entrance, there is a monument dedicated to the events of the 18th century during the partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The church has been restored and is operational.