The Church of Saint Andrew the Apostle is a Catholic church in
Kryvichy, Myadzyel District
Kryvichy ( be, Крывічы, Kryvičy; russian: Кривичи, Krivichi) is an urban-type settlement in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located from Myadzyel
Myadzyel ( be, Мядзел, ''Miadzieł'' ; russian: Мядель ...
,
Belarus, built in 1776–1796 in
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
style.
History
The church was established in 1770 as a part of the
Trinitarians' monastery. The first wooden church was replaced by a stone one in 1796. In the same year the church was consecrated in the name of
Andrew the Apostle
Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an Apostles in the New Testament, apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He ...
by the bishop Troksky. The monastery operated until 1830, when it was closed by the authorities in the aftermath of the
November Uprising
The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution,
was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in W ...
. When the monastery was suppressed, all its buildings were given to the parish.
Architecture
The church is a one-naved
basilica with a square
apse and a high three-storey bell tower at the main front and an adjacent two-storey dormitory on the southeast side. The nave is covered with a cylindrical
vault. The main altar dominates the Baroque interior. Its wooden statue of Christ is a copy of the one in
Antakalnis.
Adam Kirkor
Adam Honory Kirkor (21 January 1818 – 23 November 1886) was a Polish publisher, journalist and archeologist.
Biography
Adam was born in Sliwino on 21 January 1818, finishing school in Mogilev. From 1834 to 1866, he worked in Vilnius, later ...
wrote in 1855 that both statues were brought from
Rome.
[''Kirkor Adam. Wycieczka archeologiczna po guberni wileńskiéj przez Jana ze Śliwina//Biblioteka Warszawska.- t. 2-3.-1855.'']
Gallery
File:Kryvičy, Trynitarski. Крывічы, Трынітарскі (1910).jpg, Before September 1910
File:Kryvičy, Trynitarski. Крывічы, Трынітарскі (1910) (2).jpg, The main altar before 1910
File:Крывічы. Інтэр'ер касцёла.jpg, The interior during reconstruction, 2010
References
Sources
* ''Дзяржаўны спіс гісторыка-культурных каштоўнасцей Рэспублікі Беларусь: Даведнік'' ed. V.Y. Ablamski, I.M. Charnyavski, Y.A. Barysyuk. Minsk: BELTA 2009,
* ''Каталіцкія храмы Беларусі: Энцыкл. даведнік''. А.М. Kulagin, photographs by A.L. Dibovski. Minsk: BELTA 2008 (2nd edn.),
* ''Каталіцкія святыні. Мінска-Магілёўская архідыяцэзія. Ч. 1. Будслаўскі, Вілейскі і Мінскі дэканаты.'' А. Yaromenki with introduction by Ul. Trotsevskii. Minsk: VUP "Pro Christ", 2003,
* ''Наследие архитектуры Беларуси. Монастыри восточной и заадной традиций.'' I.N. Slyunkova. Moscow: Progress-Traditsiya, 2002
* ''Мураваныя харалы: Сакральная архітэктура беларускага барока.'' T.V. Habrus. Minsk: Urajai, 2001,
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18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Belarus
Churches in Belarus
Landmarks in Belarus