The temple in honor of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an Orthodox church in the agro-town of Pershemaisk, Shchuchinsky district, Grodno region of Belarus . It belongs to the Grodno and Volkovysk diocese of the Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church .
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| Location | Grodno region , Shchuchinsky district , agricultural town Pershemsk |
| Address | st. School, 2a |
| Denomination | Orthodoxy |
| Patriarchy | Belorussian |
| Diocese | Grodno |
| Reverence | Schuchinskoe |
| Consecrated | April 1869 |
| Abbot | Priest Alexander Lebedich |
| First mention | 1501 (or 1506) |
| Building | 1865 - 1869 |
| Architectural style | pseudo-Russian |
| condition | acts |
Content
History
The forerunner of the modern church was a wooden church, also consecrated in honor of the Protection of the Holy Virgin [1] . The first mention of this church dates back to 1540 [2] . Its main relic was the icon of the Virgin , which was considered miraculous . In the XVIII century, the icon was decorated with a silver vote of 1705 Stanislav Leshchinsky , the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania , in honor of the perfect foot pilgrimage to the icon [1] .
From the old church there was a bell dated 1506 [2] (according to other sources, 1501 ), which was stored in Sobakintsy (the then name of modern Pershemaysk ) until the end of the 19th century [1] .
The first stone temple was erected in 1830 , but the building was short-lived [3] . The construction of the modern building of the Holy Protection Church began in 1865 and ended by April 1869 [1] .
There was a school at the temple, in which 41 students studied in 1887 [1] .
The temple remained operational throughout the Soviet period, but the building was seriously damaged after a fire in 1948 [1] .
Architecture
Holy Protection Church is an architectural monument of retrospective-Russian style . The building is made of rubble stone and brick in the neoclassical style with baroque elements. The prayer room is square in plan, covered by a hipped roof, crowned by a bulbous head . A three- story tent bell tower ( octagon on two fours ), crowned with a poppy, communicates with the main volume of the building through a short refectory. A low rectangular apse under the hip roof is attached to the altar facade. Polychrome rubble wall masonry is decorated with stucco elements of architectural decor, arched friezes, corner shovels , keel-like single and double arched window openings [3] .
Modern Parish
The parish of the temple includes the May Day Village Council , as well as some settlements of the Novodvorsk Village Council of Shchuchinsky District and Zabolotsky Village Council of the Voronovsky District . The parish has at its disposal two parish houses , a church garden, and a Sunday school. In 2010, the parish numbered approximately 1,700 parishioners [4] .
The temple currently has the following values [4] :
- Relics transported from the Church of the Holy Right Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky in the village of Zabolotsky Village Council of the Voronovsky District: altar metal cross of 1913, the Royal Doors, the image of Alexander Nevsky in a case.
- A revered list of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Kyoto.
- Other icons in the icon cases: "St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker", "Resurrection of Christ", "Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos".
Some abbots of the temple
- From 1982 to 2004 - Priest Nikolai Skrebets.
- From 2004 to 2005 - Priest Evgeny Povelchuk.
- Since 2005 - Priest Alexander Lebedich [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Temple in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos v Pervomaiskaya . The Grodno diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church . Date of treatment July 26, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Іна Соркіна. Miastechki Lidskaga Riding ў XIX - patch of XX century (Belor.) // Lіda i Lіdchyna: yes 685-year-old for a day the city is recognized: materialy republic. Navuk.-prakt. kanf. / Redkal: Khudyk A.P. (Gal. Red.). - Lida, 2008. - 3 castry.
- ↑ 1 2 A.M. Kulagіn. Orthodox churches of Belarus: encyclopedic davidnik / Redaktsyiny Savet: G.P. Pashkoў, L.V. Calenda. - Mn. : Belarus Entsiklapedyya, 2007 .-- 653 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 978-985-11-0389-4 . (belor.)
- ↑ 1 2 3 Schuchin and Schuchin district. The history of the region - from the beginning to the present day. Gift edition for the 60th anniversary of the district. - Mn. , 2010.
Literature
- A. M. Kulagin. Orthodox churches of Belarus: encyclopedic davidnik / Redaktsyiny Savet: G.P. Pashkoў, L.V. Calenda. - Mn. : Belarus Entsiklapedyya, 2007 .-- 653 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 978-985-11-0389-4 . (belor.)
Links
- Church in honor of the Protection of the Holy Virgin v Pervomaiskaya . The Grodno diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church . Date of treatment July 26, 2019.