Trostyanitsa. Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
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Belarus, Brest region, Kamenetsky district, Trostyanitsa.
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The town of Trostyanitsa in the Kamenets district has been known since the 15th century. In the 19th century, the Orthodox Church was moved here from the neighboring town of Vysoko–Litovsk and consecrated in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
The church was built in the traditions of Belarusian folk architecture and consists of three main parts: a vestibule, a prayer hall and an apse. The interior has an iconostasis with icons from the 19th century. The church has been renovated. The temple is functioning.
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1Алег Дзьячкоу
29.12.2024
Trostyanitsa. Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
The town of Trostyanitsa in the Kamenets district has been known from historical sources since the 15th century and belonged to the Sangushki at that time. The next owners during the Russian Empire in the 19th century were the Pototski family. At the beginning of the 20th century, the estate belonged to the Baron of Corfu.
In 1872, residents of the town of Trostyanitsa purchased a ready–made church in the neighboring town of Vysokoy-Litovsk, and a new one was built there on the site of the old church. The following year, in 1873, the church was consecrated in Trostenica in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord. At the end of the 19th century, there were more than 2,000 parishioners from eight nearby villages.
The temple was built in the traditions of Belarusian folk architecture. The building consists of three main parts: a vestibule, a prayer hall and an apse. An octagonal bell tower with a tent and a small onion is built over the vestibule. The prayer hall is covered with a gable roof with a faceted drum and an onion.
The interior has a two-tiered iconostasis, which is decorated with a carving in the form of a vine. There are icons from the 19th century: "The Mother of God", "Jesus Christ", the "Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos", "The Head of John the Baptist" and others.
There are also 4 bells and church metal banners.
In August 1886, Emperor Alexander III visited the church with Empress Maria Feodorovna and Tsarevich Nicholas. On this occasion, a memorial plaque was installed in the church, which has been preserved to this day.
During the First World War, many residents of the town left for evacuation and many things from the church were taken out. After the war, part of the temple's decoration was returned.
There are old graves of priests from the 19th and 20th centuries near the church. The church has been renovated in recent years.
In the village local cemetery there was a wooden church of St. Dmitry, which has not survived to our time.