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Brest decisión, Szereszow deanery

From the information I have at the moment. I decided to build a map of the parishes of Dywin, Horodec, Janow (Iwanowo), Braszewicze, Bezdziez for 1721. The general picture on the map is as follows: Approximately visible are the territories that were occupied by the paraafias. Now about each one in a little more detail. Dywin: The parafia’s membership includes: Dywin Nowosiolki Bielsk Mokrzany Lachowce Ofsa (not on the map, couldn’t find) Horodec:

Sale of Braszewicze and Tolkowo manor in 1636.

Jonas Karol Naruszewicz and his wife Christina in 1636 sold the courtyard of Braszewicze and the Tolkowo estate for 25 thousand zlotys (gold?). To the Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Albrecht Stanislaw Radziwill. The act of sale was brought to the Pinsk Land Court, a contract was drawn up, the consent of his wife Krystyna Naruszewicz to the sale was obtained, and an inventory of the property was made.

Brashevich Orthodox Church

The modern Orthodox church in Braszewicze was built in 1911 from brick. The iconostasis of the church was made in 1867 by engineer Kandruntsev (transferred from the previous church). During the Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska, II Rzeczpospolita) 1918 - 1939. On maps it is marked as a church. Schubert’s maps of 1866-1887 indicate the church in Braszewicze as Orthodox. Schubert maps 1866-1887. In the book “Descriptions of churches and parishes.