Vavulichi. Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.

In the center of the village of Vavulichi, Drogichin district, there is a wooden Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.

The first mention in historical sources dates back to 1445 during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1452, the town was transferred by the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Kazimierz, to Prince Yuri of Pinsk, along with several other towns. After the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the Russian Empire. During the First World War, a significant part of the inhabitants of Vavulichi became refugees.

The most important historical landmark and the pride of the village is the Orthodox church of the 18th century, which was built at the intersection of the main streets. The church was built in 1737 and was rebuilt in the 1830s during the Russian Empire. Initially, the temple, worst of all, belonged to Uniate believers, and in the 19th century it passed to the Orthodox.

In the 1830s, a wooden iconostasis with a unique royal gate made of straw was installed in the interior of the temple, which is now located in Minsk at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus. There is also an icon of the 18th century "Nativity of the Virgin" in the museum. Then a new iconostasis was designed by Mstislav Bartashevsky, an architect from Brest, at the end of the 19th century. The building consists of two main parts: a prayer hall and an apse.