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Brashevich Orthodox Church

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The modern Orthodox church in Braszewicze was built in 1911 from brick. The iconostasis of the church was made in 1867 by engineer Kandruntsev (transferred from the previous church).

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Modern Orthodox church in Braszewicze
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During the Second Polish Republic (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska, II Rzeczpospolita) 1918–1939, on maps it is marked as a church.

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+ Church on interwar Polish map +
Polish map, 1918–1939
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Schubert's maps of 1866-1887 indicate the church in Braszewicze as Orthodox.

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Schubert maps, 1866–1887
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In the book “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1” there is a mention of the church:

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+ 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. +
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There is also a 2nd record of the church:

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+ 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. +
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On the 1864 maps of Grodno province from Rittich's atlas, the church in Brashevichi was marked, and the settlement was designated as Catholic.

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Rittich's maps, 1864
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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:

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There is also a sketch by Napoleon Orda of what the Uniate church in Brashevichi looked like.

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+ Napoleon Orda sketch of Uniate church +
Around the 18th century (Napoleon Orda)
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There are also gravestones from the time of the Unia near the church.

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+ Gravestones from Uniate period +
Gravestones from the Uniate era
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It's also worth adding that on the Marmon website records of the metric orthodox books are preserved: Greek Catholic Church. Brashevichi (Kobrin) – 1823.

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There are also metric books in RGIA about the Uniate church in Braszewicze from 1767 to 1801:

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+ RGIA Uniate metrics 1767-1801 +
RGIA Uniate metric books, 1767–1801
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In the list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726 – Brashevichi is mentioned as the center of the parafia.

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+ Christian Catholic settlements 1726 +
Christian Catholic settlements, 1726
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It’s worth adding that metric books (metrical records) for Braszewicze are available in the Main Archive of Old Acts:

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