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Volpa. Catholic chapel at the cemetery.

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Belarus, Grodno region, Volkovysk district, Volpa.

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14.02.2025

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In the Volkovysk region, between Volkovysk and Skidel, there is a place called Volpa. There are several monuments of architecture and antiquity here. Volpa was first mentioned in historical sources in the 15th century during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. At that time, the first Catholic wooden church was built here, and the second was built in the 18th century. During the time of the Russian Empire, a stone Catholic chapel was built at the local cemetery. The temple was built of brick and rubble stone. The plan has an octahedron.

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Latitude: 53.37229168
Longitude: 24.35541409

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Алег Дзьячкоу

14.02.2025

Volpa. Catholic chapel in the cemetery

During the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the town of Volpa was considered a state village and a courtyard. It belonged to Grand Duke Kazimir. In 1449, Kazimir handed over the court to Chancellor Sudimontovich. In 1478, the first wooden church was founded, which was consecrated in honor of John the Baptist. The next owners of the town were the Golshansky magnates. In the 16th century, Queen Bona Sforza ordered the creation of the Volpov Starost, which was part of the Volkovysk district of the Novogrudok Voivodeship. In 1624, Chancellor Lev Sapieha acquired a Volpa for his son Kazimir Lev Sapieha. In 1643, the town was visited by King and Grand Duke Vladislav Vasa.


 The place became the property of Jozef Alexander Yablonovsky in the 18th century, when Caroline Teresa of the Radziwill family, who was the widow of Kazimir Lev Sapieha, transferred the Volpa. A little later, the Volpa was owned by Actor Jozef Vincent. In 1773, a new wooden Catholic church was built on the site of the former one. In the 17th – 18th century, a wooden synagogue was built in Volpa, which was considered one of the most beautiful in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The temple was destroyed during the war.


In 1792, the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanislaw August Poniatowski, granted the town the right to self-government under Magdeburg law. After the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the Russian Empire.

 In the 19th century, a wooden Orthodox church of Peter and Paul was erected at the local cemetery. The cemetery has preserved to this day not only a wooden church, but also a stone chapel.


 The chapel was built in 1873 from brick and rubble stone in the classical style. The temple is located between the church and the church. The monument has a octahedron plan. The building is built on a high foundation. The entrance is decorated with a stone porch and an arched portal.

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