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Church in Hutowo

The current Church of the Intercession in the village of Chomsk was built in 1992. It was consecrated on February 25, 1993. The first mention of the church in Hutowo can be attributed to the time when there was a Uniate church in the area.

In RGIA there are metric Uniate books on Hutowo, unfortunately the years of collected information are not described.

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There is also a list of Uniate clergymen in the Hutowo church:

Grechka Vasilei, * 1759. A Ukrainian parishioner; priest of the church in Gutava village. Gutava Pinsk pub. 02.10.1785; Matsi Maryana, * 1737; Maryana’s sister Maryana, * 1739; wife Praxeda, * 1774; daughters: Krystsina, * 1793, Ganna, * 1795, Mar’yana, * 1797.

Nowicki Grzegorz, baptized by the Polish-Turkish episcope G. Dashkovich-Garbatsky on April 14, 1779; saint of the church in Gutava Kobrynsk. Gutava of Kobrynsk province. [18.09.1795 - 06.1800]. Sons: Tadevush, Anton, Giazynth-Andrej.

Holowczynski Joachim, servant of the kingdom in the village of Gutawa Kobrynsk. Gutava Kobrynskáho pav. 06.1800. Brother of Mark i Mikalai Galaichynski.

Holowczynski Mikolay, servant of the church in Gutava Kobrynsk. Gutava Kobrynskáho pub. 06. 1800. Brother of Mark and Jauhim Galaichynski.

Holowczynski Marek, servant of the kingdom in Gutava Kobrynsk. Gutava Kobrynskáho pav. 06.1800. Brother of Mikalai and Jauhim.

Novitskiy Giacent, * 03.07.1797, a native of Gutava village of Pinsk. Gutava of Pinsk (after Kobrynsk) parish. Tsar of the tsar’s church in Gutava (Kobrynsk) parish. Priest of the tsar in Gutava of Kobrynsk parish. 1832 г.

The church in Hutowo is marked on Ritich’s maps for 1864

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The church was also noted on Schubert’s maps for 1866 - 1887

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In 1892 an Orthodox church was built in Hutowo. There is no information about whether the church was built on the place of the old church and why the old church is gone.

The church is mentioned in the “Description of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1”

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During the II Republic of Poland, until 1939 the church was active.

But after the partition of Poland, World War II, and the arrival of communist rule, the church fell into disrepair. At the beginning of 1963, the church was burned down by the communists, and in its place was built “House of Culture”.

The old church remains only in a single photograph taken by Archpriest Michael Sazanovich, who served for many years in the neighboring parish of Wawulicze.

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References and information used in the material:

  • www.drogichin.by
  • Svyatar in Belarusian society: a prasapagrafiya ўniyatskogo dukhavnstvo 1596-1839 / Dzianis Liseichykau. - Minsk, 2015. - 719 p., [16] l. lil.
  • Photo by Mikhail Sazanovich