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The iconostasis of the church was made in 1867 by engineer Kandruntsev (transferred from the previous church).</p> + + <figure> + <img src="/image/brashevich_church/1.png" + alt="Modern Orthodox church in Braszewicze" + title="Braszewicze Orthodox Church"> + <figcaption>Modern Orthodox church in Braszewicze</figcaption> + </figure> + + <p>During the Second Polish Republic (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska, II Rzeczpospolita) 1918–1939, on maps it is marked as a church.</p> + + <figure> + <img src="/image/brashevich_church/2.png" + alt="Church on interwar Polish map" + title="Braszewicze on Polish map"> + <figcaption>Polish map, 1918–1939</figcaption> + </figure> + + <p>Schubert's maps of 1866-1887 indicate the church in Braszewicze as Orthodox.</p> + + <figure> + <img src="/image/brashevich_church/3.png" + alt="Schubert map 1866-1887" + title="Church on Schubert map"> + <figcaption>Schubert maps, 1866–1887</figcaption> + </figure> + + <p>In the book “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1” there is a mention of the church:</p> + + <blockquote> + In the village of Braszewicze, Kobrin district, Bezdziez subordination, in the parish church. The church is wooden, with the same bell tower, in a wooden fence, built in 1686 by Bishop Venedikt Zhukhovsky. It was built 42 versts away from the town of Kobrin. – Parishioners at the church: 1315 males and 1239 females, and a total of 2554 – in 8 villages: Braszewicze, Volk, Gumniszcze, Dymsk, Ziolow, Illiszice, Simonowicze, and Szarewicze, of which the most distant from the parish church, Simonowicze, is 8 versts away. – There is a church attached to the Trinity Church in Braszewicze, a church school in Gumnicze with 20 boys, and a public school in Braszewicze. – The parish consists of two persons: a priest and a psalmist, with a salary of 522 rubles 8 kopecks. The church land in use is 11076 tens: homestead land 4.15 tens, plowed land 63.01 tens, plow land 30.52 tens, pasture land 7.93 tens, flax land 0.35 tens, and some other land 4.80 tens. Lit. Eparch. 1876 г. №24: 1055. + </blockquote> + + <p>There is also a 2nd record of the church:</p> + + <blockquote> + In the village of Braszewicze, Kobrin district, Bezdziez sub-district, attached to the parish church of Transfiguration. The church is wooden, with the same belfry, in a wooden fence, – it was built in 1867 from an empty old church building, unknown when it was built. + </blockquote> + + <p>On the 1864 maps of Grodno province from Rittich's atlas, the church in Brashevichi was marked, and the settlement was designated as Catholic.</p> + + <figure> + <img src="/image/brashevich_church/4.png" + alt="Rittich map 1864" + title="Church on Rittich map"> + <figcaption>Rittich's maps, 1864</figcaption> + </figure> + + <p>At the time of the Union, the church in Brashevichi was a Uniate church from 1596 to 1839. This is confirmed by the records of vicars and priests of the church:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Gruszewski Jan, Hruszewski Jan, saint of the tsar in Braszewicze Brescenski Pav. Brashevichy of Brest Pav. 20.09.1785 (formerly). [132, арк 21.]</li> + <li>Agievich Ignat, Ogievich Ignatius, *1802. Highlighted by the Brescian episcapist-suffragan L.-L. Yavarovski 1824; the tsar's vicars in the v. Brashevichy of Kobrinysk pub. 1832-1836. [575, арк. 61; 576, арк. 70 адв.- 71]</li> + <li>Ohijewicz Mikołay, Ohijewicz Mikołay, * 1767. He was from Poland; highlighted by the Polish-Turowski episcapist G. Dashkovich-Garbatsky in 1789; saint of the tsar's church in the town of Lagigin, Pinsk province. Lagigyn of Pinsk Pav. 28.04.1798 (formerly); assessor of the Pinsk suragationary spiritual canvass 28.04.1798-1799; lived in Pinsk 1799; “nothing from his mother, only a couple of canes” 1799; saint of the tsar in Braszewicze Kryshchyna; Braszewicze of Kobrynsk Pav. 1836 - 25.02.1837; examiner of the Dragichynskiy dekanate 1836. Wife Agata, * 1776; daughters: Feliciana, * 1791, Mary, * 1794, Ganna, * 1796, Izabella, * 1797; brother Simon, * 1776, unmarried 1799; daughter Daminika, * 1744, boa 1799; her son Iosif, * 1781; daughter Anastasya, * 1782. [141, арк. 1 адв.; 143, арк. 3 адв.; 222, арк. 1-142; 576, арк. 69 адв. - 70; 695].</li> + </ul> + + <p>There is also a sketch by Napoleon Orda of what the Uniate church in Brashevichi looked like.</p> + + <figure> + <img src="/image/brashevich_church/5.png" + alt="Napoleon Orda sketch of Uniate church" + title="Uniate church in Brashevichi, 18th century"> + <figcaption>Around the 18th century (Napoleon Orda)</figcaption> + </figure> + + <p>There are also gravestones from the time of the Unia near the church.</p> + + <figure> + <img src="/image/brashevich_church/6.png" + alt="Gravestones from Uniate period" + title="Uniate gravestones"> + <figcaption>Gravestones from the Uniate era</figcaption> + </figure> + + <p>It's also worth adding that on the Marmon website <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=904565&query=%2Bplace%3A%22%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%2C%20%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C%20%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C%20%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%22&subjectsOpen=904564-50" target="_blank">records of the metric orthodox books</a> are preserved: Greek Catholic Church. Brashevichi (Kobrin) – 1823.</p> + + <p>There are also metric books in RGIA about the Uniate church in Braszewicze from 1767 to 1801:</p> + + <figure> + <img src="/image/brashevich_church/7.png" + alt="RGIA Uniate metrics 1767-1801" + title="RGIA metric books"> + <figcaption>RGIA Uniate metric books, 1767–1801</figcaption> + </figure> + + <p>In the list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726 – Brashevichi is mentioned as the center of the parafia.</p> + + <figure> + <img src="/image/brashevich_church/8.png" + alt="Christian Catholic settlements 1726" + title="Brashevichi as parish center"> + <figcaption>Christian Catholic settlements, 1726</figcaption> + </figure> + + <p>It’s worth adding that metric books (metrical records) for Braszewicze are available in the Main Archive of Old Acts:</p> + + <ul> + <li><strong>Brashevichi, Kobryn Deanery, Vilnius Diocese</strong> + <ul> + <li><strong>Baptisms:</strong> 1811–1826<br><strong>Marriages:</strong> 1811–1827<br><strong>Burials:</strong> 1811–1819, 1821, 1831<br><a href="https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/ru/jednostka/-/jednostka/25754065" target="_blank">Link to the record unit</a></li> + <li><strong>Baptisms:</strong> 1827–1847<br><a href="https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/ru/jednostka/-/jednostka/25762710" target="_blank">Link to the record unit</a></li> + <li><strong>Baptisms:</strong> 1848–1866<br><a href="https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/ru/jednostka/-/jednostka/25807020" target="_blank">Link to the record unit</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + + <div class="references"> + <h2>References and information used in the material</h2> + <ul> + <li><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Брашевичи" target="_blank">ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Брашевичи</a></li> + <li><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Брашэвiчi" target="_blank">be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Брашэвiчi</a></li> + <li><a href="https://radzima.org/ru/mesto/brashevichi.html" target="_blank">https://radzima.org/ru/mesto/brashevichi.html</a></li> + <li><a href="http://drevlehranitel.by/rus/churches/view/835" target="_blank">http://drevlehranitel.by/rus/churches/view/835</a></li> + <li>Святар у беларускім соцыуме: прасапаграфія ўніяцкага духавенства 1596–1839 гг. / Дзяніс Лісейчыкаў. – Мінск, 2015. – 719 с., [16] л. іл.</li> + </ul> + </div> + + <div class="back-to-home"> + <a href="/">← Return to Main Page</a> + </div> + +</body> +</html> |