The village was mentioned in written sources in 1778, a suburb of the town of Drohiczyn, within the borders of Drohiczyn county. There were 357 inhabitants, a Jewish household, a tavern. From 1795 it was a part of Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village on Napoleon’s map of 1812: The village on Schubert’s map of 1826-1840: The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863: VTCRI link:

The oldest mention of the church in Lipniki can be considered to be 1762. In that year the church was destroyed, unfortunately it is not known why. Only the old icons were saved, which are now in the newly built church. In the following years, most likely, the church was rebuilt (or there was an annex) where services were held. Since the next document about the active church in our area is the Uniate metrics from 1770 to 1801, which are in RGIA.