Church in Antopol

Date: 2024-09-24    |    Tags: Antopol

A pre-war guidebook to Polesie mentions that in 1718 the resident Antonina Zamoyska founded a Uniate Basilian monastery here.

The earliest document can be considered the metric Uniate books from 1719 to 1799, which are currently in RGIA.

Uniate metric books 1719-1799
Photo 1 — Uniate metric books 1719–1799
Uniate metric books 1719-1799
Photo 2 — Uniate metric books 1719–1799 (additional page)

In 1807 the monastery Holy Trinity Church burned down. Only the icon of the Virgin Mary with the Infant in her arms was saved. The male monastery of the Basilian order was abolished in 1834.

Uniate/Orthodox metrics 1820-1846
Photo 3 — Uniate/Orthodox metrics 1820–1846

An icon rescued from the fire of the old Uniate church is mentioned in “Descriptions of Churches and Parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar.” It features monograms with a ruby of the Polish King Stanisław August. At that time the owner of the area was Princess Elizabeth Giedrojc.

Icon of the Virgin Mary
Photo 4 — Icon of the Virgin Mary saved from the fire

There is also a list of Uniate priests who served in Antopol, including Fyodor Horbatsevich and Fyodor Pronevich.

The current Orthodox church was built in 1857 (or rebuilt for Orthodoxy) by the local landowner Count Kosmoja Ozharovski on the site of the old Uniate church and monastery.

Rittich map 1864
Photo 5 — Rittich map 1864 (church marked)
Schubert map 1866
Photo 6 — Schubert map 1866 (church marked)

Next to the church there is a bell tower built in 1866, two-tiered, frame, covered with a hipped roof.

Cemetery church 1872
Photo 7 — Cemetery church built in 1872
Cemetery church
Photo 8 — Current view of the bricked-up cemetery church
Church reconstruction 1875
Photo 9 — Reconstruction of the Resurrection Church in 1875
Orthodox metric books 1867-1872
Photo 10 — Orthodox metric books 1867–1872
Church in 1916
Photo 11 — Photograph of the church taken in 1916
Church during II Rzeczpospolita
Photo 12 — Church during the II Polish Republic (1918–1939)
Current state of the church
Photo 13 — Current state of the church

On the territory of the church the memorial column of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 has been preserved. Unfortunately, the texts on the column have been erased.

Memorial column of the Constitution of May 3, 1791
Photo 14 — Memorial column of the Constitution of May 3, 1791

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