Church of Saint Anthony of Padua (Dwarec)

Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in Dwarec [pl] is a Roman Catholic church in Belarus, listed as a national Cultural heritage monument. In some sources it is called Corpus Christi church.[1]

Church of Saint Anthony of Padua
Касцёл Божага Цела
Map
53°24′39″N 25°34′30″E / 53.41087°N 25.57506°E / 53.41087; 25.57506
LocationDwarec [pl]
CountryBelarus
DenominationRoman Catholic church
Architecture
StyleNeo-Baroque
Completed1904
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Grodno
The demolished wooden church in 1900

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.[2]

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.[2]

After the World War II the church was closed and used as stables. It was restored only almost 50 years later, in 1989, and reconsecrated in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Дварэц — парафія Божага Цела" [Dvarec — Corpus Christi Church] (in Belarusian). Catholic.by. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  2. ^ a b Kulagin 1986, p. 174.

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