Church of Saint Wenceslaus (Vawkavysk)

Church of Saint Wenceslaus in Vaŭkavysk is a Belarusian Catholic temple in Grodno region. Constructed in 1846–1848, it is now listed as a Belarusian national Cultural heritage object.[1]

Church of Saint Wenceslaus
Касцёл Святога Вацлава
LocationVawkavysk
CountryBelarus
DenominationRoman Catholic church
Architecture
StyleClassicism
Years built1846—1848
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Grodno

The first Catholic church in Vawkavysk was built by Vytautas the Great in 1430. It was destroyed during the wars of the XVII century. The new church was constructed in 1846–1848 at the initiative of local priest Jan Lenikovsky. On August 13, 1850, it was consecrated by the bishop from Vilnius Wacław Żyliński. In the 1930th during the Second Polish Republic it was restored.

  • Postcard circa 1939
  • Before 1915
  • Before 1929

References
  1. Tzerashatova & Charnauskaya 1986, p. 123.

Sources
  • Tzerashatova, V. V.; Charnauskaya, T. I. (1986). Збор помнікаў гісторыі і культуры. Гродзенская вобласць [Cultural and Historical Monuments of Grodno region] (in Belarusian). Мінск: Беларуская Савецкая Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі. p. 123.
  • Tzerashatova, V. V.; Charnauskaya, T. I. (1993). Архітэктура Беларусі [Architecture of Belarus]. Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі. p. 108. ISBN 5-85700-078-5.


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