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<h1>Church in Liachowicze</h1>
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<strong>Date:</strong> 2024-09-30 |
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<p>Unfortunately, the exact date of construction of the church in Liachowicze has not been found yet. Approximately old wooden church was built at the end of the XVIII century.</p>
<p>You can read about it in “In the list of Christian Catholic settlements in 1726”:</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/1.png"
alt="List of Christian Catholic settlements 1726"
title="List 1726">
<figcaption>Document 1 — List of Christian Catholic settlements (1726)</figcaption>
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<p>But the oldest document about the existence of the church can be considered the preserved Uniate metric books in RGIA from 1776 to 1801.</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/2.png"
alt="Uniate metric books 1776-1801"
title="RGIA metric books">
<figcaption>Document 2 — Uniate metric books (1776–1801)</figcaption>
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<p>Further, the Marmon site also has metrics for Liachowicze for 1823.</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/3.png"
alt="Metric books 1823"
title="Marmon 1823">
<figcaption>Document 3 — Uniate metrics (1823)</figcaption>
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<p>There is a list of Uniate clergy who served in the church:</p>
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<li>Lichaczewski (Lichaczewicz) Nicholas, * 1787. “From the Podlachia Province of the Polish Republic”; baptized by the Braski Episcopal Bishop I.-I. Bulgakam 1813; saint of the tsar in. Liachowicze Kobrynskag pav. 1832 - 25.02.1837. [575, arc. 69; 576, arc. 74 adv.-75; 695]</li>
<li>Fiodor Liszniewicz, * 1799. Blessed by the Brescian episkapa-surfagan L.-L. Jaworowski 1824; saint of the tsar in. Liachowicze Kobrynská pav. 1836 - 25.02.1837. [576, arc. 70 adv. - 71; 695].</li>
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<p>Since 1839 the church was handed over to the Orthodox.</p>
<p>It is also worth mentioning the Grodno archive, which has documents on the Liachowicze from 1843 to 1866.</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/4.png"
alt="Grodno archive documents 1843-1866"
title="Grodno archive">
<figcaption>Document 4 — Grodno archive (1843–1866)</figcaption>
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<p>The church is labeled on the 1864 maps.</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/5.png"
alt="Map 1864"
title="Map 1864">
<figcaption>Map 5 — Map (1864)</figcaption>
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<p>But the church is also noted on the 1866 - 69 maps.</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/6.png"
alt="Map 1866-1869"
title="Map 1866-1869">
<figcaption>Map 6 — Map (1866–1869)</figcaption>
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<p>It was renewed in 1873, and burned in 1881. In “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1” mentions that in 1884 a wooden Orthodox church was built by the efforts of the parishioners and a government grant during the rectorship of priest Nikolai Druzilowski. In 1861 a parochial school was opened.</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/7.png"
alt="Description of churches 1884"
title="Grodno Orthodox Calendar">
<figcaption>Document 7 — Descriptions of churches (1884)</figcaption>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/8.png"
alt="Further description"
title="Grodno Orthodox Calendar">
<figcaption>Document 8 — Descriptions of churches (continued)</figcaption>
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<p>It is worth noting, if we compare the location of the churches with today's maps, we can see that the church was built on the site of an old church (or very close to that site).</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/9.png"
alt="Modern comparison"
title="Comparison">
<figcaption>Map 9 — Comparison with today's maps (2020)</figcaption>
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<p>At the time of Second Republic of Poland 1919 - 1938 the church was an active Orthodox church, as the maps confirm. But it was marked as a Catholic parish.</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/10.png"
alt="Polish map 1919-1939"
title="Polish map">
<figcaption>Map 10 — Polish map (1919–1939)</figcaption>
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<p>There is also a list of Orthodox clergy who served after the Polotsk Cathedral in 1839. It is worth noting that the priest Nikolai Lichaczewski converted from Unia to Orthodoxy.</p>
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<li>Nikolai Lichaczewski (1832 - February 25, 1837)</li>
<li>Zenon Iwacewicz (d. 1861)</li>
<li>Vasily Lichaczewski (d. 1871)</li>
<li>Nikolai Druzilowski (d. 1881 - 1889)</li>
<li>Michail Trofimowicz (May 8, 1890 - 1897)</li>
<li>Iwan Krasnowski (d. 1898)</li>
<li>Pawel Winogradow (1899 - d. 1915)</li>
<li>Fiodor Rusecki (1920-30s)</li>
<li>Nikolai Zydkiewicz (1940s)</li>
<li>Borys Zapolski (1940s)</li>
<li>Grigory Mazuruk (1950s-1960s)</li>
<li>Fillip Klesza (1960s)</li>
<li>Prokofi Stolar (1960s)</li>
<li>Borys Bocharow (1960s)</li>
<li>Iwan Jaroszewicz (1970s - 1986)</li>
<li>Gennadi Woron (1987 - 2010)</li>
<li>Sergius Bogusz (since November 2010)</li>
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<p>The church was not closed under Soviet rule. In 1944 and 1980s the church was slightly renovated.</p>
<p>At the moment the church is active and in good condition.</p>
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<img src="liachowicze_church/11.png"
alt="Church recent photo"
title="Church now">
<figcaption>Photo 11 — Church in good condition (recent)</figcaption>
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<h2>References and information used in the material</h2>
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<li>Svyatar in Belarusian society: a prasapagrafiya ўniyatskogo dukhavnosti 1596-1839 / Dzianis Liseychykau. - Minsk, 2015. - 719 p., [16] l. lil.</li>
<li>http://drogblag.by</li>
<li>https://drevo-info.ru</li>
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