Church of God’s Body ( Belor. Kastsoel of the God of the Whole ) is a Catholic church in the agro-town Palace , Grodno region , Belarus . Belongs to the Dyatlovsky dean of the Grodno diocese . An architectural monument in the neo - baroque style , built in 1904 [1] . It is included in the State list of historical and cultural values of the Republic of Belarus [1] .
| Catholic temple | |
| Church of God | |
|---|---|
| Kastsoel God | |
 | |
| A country |  Belarus |
| Agro-town | Palace |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Diocese | Grodno diocese |
| Architectural style | Neo-baroque |
| Building | 1904 |
| condition | acts |
In some sources, it is called the temple of St. Anthony of Padua [2] , however, most sources, including the official website of the Catholic Church in Belarus, cite the name “Temple of the Body of God” [3] .
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History
The first written mention of the Palace dates from the beginning of the 15th century. Since 1451, the estate was owned by several generations of the Kezgail (Kezgailovich) family. In 1516, a Catholic parish was formed here, at the same time, at the expense of the then owner Nikolai Kezgaila, a wooden church of God’s Body was built here [3] . In the XVII century in this temple was a miraculous icon of the Mother of God.
In 1904, on the site of an old wooden one, a new stone Catholic church of God’s Body was built in a non-baroque style. The temple was consecrated in 1905. After the Second World War it was closed; the building housed a stable. Returned to the Catholic Church in 1989, restored and re-consecrated in 1990 [3] .
Architecture
The Temple of God’s Body is a neo-Baroque-style architectural monument [1] with some neo-Renaissance elements (arched windows in the towers, the main entrance with an arched opening in a rusticated frame) [2] .
The temple building is a two-tower three-nave basilica. The central nave is covered by a gable roof, the side naves are covered by gable roofs. The main facade is richly decorated; towers with curly domes are located on the sides. All decor elements are made of masonry without plaster. The inner space is divided into naves, vaulted ceilings [1] .
The territory of the temple is surrounded by a fence with a brick scaffold (gate).