An eclectic architectural monument, built in 1900-1906. Its interior looks no less eclectic. The central element is a neoclassical altar decorated with a colonnade. A neo-Rococo wall painting by the artist Kvyatkovsky is combined with it. One of the striking features of the interior is the through-the-wall lunettes, which provide the interior with special lighting. The church continued its work even during the years of Soviet rule. It is included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus. In the cemetery near the temple there is the grave of Maryli Vereshchaki, Adam Mickiewicz's lover.

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Andřej Bakanauskas

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The Church of St. John the Baptist. The construction of the stone church was carried out in 1900-02 on the initiative of the priest-abbot Tadeusz Zagorski. In 1951, the Soviet authorities arrested a local priest, Dominik Gailiush, and sent him to penal servitude, where he died. After that, Father Apollinarius Zubelevich from the Convels came to worship, but in 1961 the church was closed altogether, making a fuel storage in the building. Believers were able to regain the shrine only on December 10, 1988. At the same time, the restoration of the church began. Marilya Vereshchaka, Adam Mickiewicz's muse and lover, is buried on the adjacent territory. There is a wooden plebian building nearby. In Soviet times, there was a boarding school here, then a psychiatric hospital. The interior space is decorated by the artist K. Kvyatkovsky in the neo-baroque style. There are 3 altars and an ambo.

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