Church in Glinno

Date: 2024-09-24    |    Tags: Glinno

The first mention of the church in Glinno can be attributed to 1660. The then Orthodox church was destroyed by the Polish army. This record is mentioned in Wlodimir Leontiuk's book “Slovnik Berestiyschyny”.

First mention 1660
Document 1 — First mention of the church (1660)

It is not known in what year and by whom the old Orthodox church was built or restored. In the following records this church is mentioned as a Uniate church. This is confirmed by a list of Greek Catholic clergymen in Glinno:

It should be noted that in 1795 the church was temporarily transferred to the orthodox department.

There is also no information about what became of the Uniate church, but in 1773 Anthony Kulikovsky built (or restored) the church in Glinno.

Church built or restored 1773
Document 2 — Church built/restored by Anthony Kulikovsky (1773)

From 1754 to 1801. RGIA has Uniate metric books for our church.

Uniate metric books 1791-1801
Document 3 — Uniate metric books (1791–1801)

After the Council of Polotsk, the church was handed over to the Orthodox. During the Russian Empire, the church was active, which is confirmed by the maps of those times by Schubert and Rittich.

Map 1864
Map 4 — Schubert / Rittich map (1864)
Map 1866-1867
Map 5 — Map (1866–1867)

During II Republic of Poland until the outbreak of World War II, the church was also active, was marked on Polish maps.

Polish map 1919-1938
Map 6 — Polish map (1919–1938)

At present there is no church in Glinno, unfortunately there is no information about the fate of the church after World War 2, who destroyed it and when. Perhaps the article, it will be possible in the future to supplement after a request to the bishop's office in Ivanovo district.

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