There are no precise data on the construction or already functioning church before the Union of Brest. The first official mention at this time can be considered in the list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726, where Holowczyce is mentioned. In the description of “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1”, it is mentioned that the current church was built by the owner of the Holowczyce estate Kutnikov and parishioners in 1766 on the place of the old church, which burned down.

The church in Subboty (formerly called Malaya Torokan) was built in 1797 by Basilian monks from the Tarakan monastery (now v. Imienin). The description of the date of construction is available in “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1.” It is worth noting that in 1899 there were already 2 churches attached to this church from Imienin and Losinets. The first one was probably assigned because of the decline of the Basilian monastery after the Polotsk cathedral.

David Barnard Steinman was an American bridge engineer. According to one version, he was born on June 11, 1886 in Chomsk, Drohiczynski district, in a Jewish family. At the age of 4 years migrated to the United States with his family. According to the second version David was born already in New York, when his family was already living in the United States. The Steinmaen family lived in Chomsk, Drohiczynski uyezd, Grodno province and were Jews.