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Smilavichy. Post-Missionary Church and Monastery.

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Date

[1864-1876]

Artist

Napoleon Orda (1807-1883)

Collection

National Museum in Krakow

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https://zbiory.mnk.pl/en/search-result/catalog/345941

Description

Original title: Śmiłowicze. Kościół i klasztor pomisjonarski. (Teka Mińska)
Descriptive medium: watercolor painting (technique),drawing (image-making)

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Public Domain

Image Credit

Courtesy of The National Museum in Krakow

Location

Smilavichy, Minsk region, Belarus

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Smilavichy Roman Catholic Cathedral and Monastery of Missionaries was built in 1767 by an owner of Smilavichy - Marcybiliana Ahinski (Oginski). Considerable funds for monastery were donated by hetman Mikhail Kazimir Ahinski. It is built across from the Smilavichy Palace. The Cathedral had a large collection of Belarusian icons, including the famous icon of St. Vincent. Because it was Roman Catholic Smilavichy monastery is taken off the state funding list by Russian Empire. In 1867 it is converted into Russian Orthodox Church of St. Trinity. But because of poverty of the area and lack of state support the Church and the Monastery weaken financially and are eventually abandoned. The ruins of buildings would still exist until the mid 1920s. (http://www.belarusguide.com/cities/smilavichy.html)

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