Verkhovichi. Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
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Belarus, Brest region, Kamenetsky district, Verkhovichi.
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22.12.2024
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In the village of Verkhovichi, Kamenets district, there is an Orthodox wooden church of St. Nicholas. The church was originally built in the early 19th century and was a Catholic church, which was later turned over to the church. The church building burned down and a new church was built during the time of the Polish state as a church. After the war, the building was turned over to the Orthodox church. The church is single-nave with a tower above the vestibule. Repairs were carried out after the collapse of the USSR. The church is active.
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Latitude: 52.47029505
Longitude: 23.51078911
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1Алег Дзьячкоу
22.12.2024
Verkhovichi. Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
In the center of the village of Verkhovichi is the church of St. Nicholas. The temple was built in 1818 at the expense of the famous Belarusian magnate family of Count Khodkevich. Initially, it was the Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity, which later passed to the Orthodox believers.
At the beginning of the 17th century, in 1615, the owner of the village, Kaspar Dembinsky, financed the first church in Verkhovichi. In 1823, the new owners of the village, Karol Roth and Pavlina Vysotskaya, were married in this church. After the suppression of the anti-Russian uprising by K. Kalinovsky, the church was handed over to the Orthodox and the building was rebuilt as a church in 1866.
In 1899, a fire broke out and the Trinity Church burned down, and a new church was built on the same site in 1903. During the First World War, the church burned down again. And in this place, during the time of the Polish state, a new church was built somewhere in 1933. The building was built according to the design of an architect from Brest at the expense of parishioners and food Companies. The consecration of the new church took place solemnly in the presence of guests from Pinsk and Brest. The church then passed to the church after the war, as there were almost no Catholics left, and priest transferred the temple to the Orthodox faithful.
The building is wooden. A multi-faceted apse and a side sacristy are attached to the main log house. A high four-pointed tower is built above the vestibule, which is completed with a tent with an onion. The main entrance is decorated with a portico with 4 columns. The church has been renovated in recent years.
There is another wooden Orthodox church in the local cemetery, which was built in the early 20th century.
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