Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in is a Roman Catholic church in Belarus, listed as a national Cultural heritage monument. In some sources it is called ''Corpus Christi church''.
First written mentions of Dvarec date back to the early 15th century. Since 1451 several generations of the
Kęsgaila family owned the town. In 1516 they established a Catholic parish in the town. In the 17th century the church had an icon of St Mary that was considered a miraculous one.
The old wooden church was demolished in the early 1900s and a
Neo-Baroque stone church was built in its place by 1904. It was consecrated in the name of Saint Anthony of Padua.
After the
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
the church was closed and used as stables. It was restored only almost 50 years later, in 1989, and reconsecrated in 1990.
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Gallery
File:Dvarec, Navahradzkaja, Śviatoha Antonija. Дварэц, Наваградзкая, Сьвятога Антонія (1918).jpg, The church in 1918
File:Dvarec, Navahradzkaja, Śviatoha Antonija. Дварэц, Наваградзкая, Сьвятога Антонія (1930-39).jpg, In the 1930s
File:Dvarec, Navahradzkaja, Śviatoha Antonija. Дварэц, Наваградзкая, Сьвятога Антонія (1941-44).jpg, Between 1941 and 1944
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20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Belarus
Landmarks in Belarus
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