Photo of the Day for May 11, 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XXXI):  Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Dvarets (Rahachouski District) 2012.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХХХI):  царква Сьвятога Духа, Дварэц (Рагачоўскі раён) 2012 год.

The wooden church of Dvarets, built in the second half of the 19th century, originally stood in the village of Tsjelusha, about 20 kilometers to the west-southwest.  When the villagers of Tsjelusha built a brick church in 1922, the villagers of Dvarets bought, moved and reassembled this wooden church.

From the April 2012 tour of the architectural patrimony of western Mahiljou Region and northwestern Gomjel’ region with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Voluntary Association for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (БДТАПГК).

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