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Church in Jazwiny (Wincze)

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+ Date: 2024-05-30    |    + Tags: Wincze, Jazwiny +
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Church of St. Spirit, built in 1750 by the landowner L. Orzeszko, about one and a half kilometers north of the village. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages call this place “Vinč/Vinci”. The shrine was built as a Uniate shrine. But in today's materials walking around the internet it is called a church for some reason.

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The Marmon website also has metrics of the church in Vinci, and they are Greek Catholic for 1823.

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+ Greek Catholic metrics 1823 +
Document 1 — Greek Catholic metrics (1823)
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Also an important confirmation that it was originally a Uniate church and not a church is the record of a Uniate priest who served there:

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+ Dyszkowski Stepan, * 1792. Ordained to the Braski episkap I.-I. Bulgakam 1813; saint of the tsar in. Vinča (no longer exists) of Kobryn pav. 1832-25.02.1837. +
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In “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Vol. 1”, there is a detailed description of the church, data for 1899.

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+ Description of churches 1899 +
Document 2 — Description of churches (1899)
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The “Collection of Historical and Cultural Reminiscences. Bresk region” there is a description of the church and its rebuilding into an Orthodox church in about 1860.

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+ Historical collection description +
Document 3 — Collection of Historical and Cultural Reminiscences
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There is also a sketch by Napoleon Orda, signed - “8 charveny 1861. Dzyady 1772.”

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+ Napoleon Orda sketch 1861 +
Sketch 4 — Napoleon Orda (1861)
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On the population maps of the Russian Empire for 1864, the map mentions the village of Vincha (Vinci) where the church, at that time already orthodox.

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+ Russian map 1864 +
Map 5 — Russian Empire map (1864)
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On the maps of 1866-1887 the church is also marked on the map. in Gospodarstvo Vinci. There is also the Vinci bog nearby and a cemetery on the right side, where apparently the inhabitants of the surrounding villages were buried.

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+ Maps 1866-1887 +
Map 6 — Maps (1866–1887)
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From the Geographical Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Poland (late 19th century):

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+ Wincze - Settlement (osada), Drohiczyn Commune, belongs to v. Pigasy. There is also a lord's yard, property of the Jaroszewski, 80 dessiatinas (25--meadows and pastures, 8--forests, 9--not used). +
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During the Second Republic of Poland 1919-1939. The map shows the church in the village of Wincze.

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+ Polish map 1919-1939 +
Map 7 — Polish map (1919–1939)
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Since 1945, the church has fallen into disrepair and is now in a deplorable state, in the middle of a field, between the remaining villages.

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+ Church photo 2013 +
Photo 8 — Church (2013)
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References and information used in the material

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