Abandoned Church of All Saints in Begoml

In an urban village Begomlthat in the Vitebsk region, an interesting architectural monument has been partially preserved - Church of All Saints. The temple began to be built on the site of the Uniate predecessor as early as 1886, and completed a few years later. Today's ruins do not give a clear understanding of what the church looked like, but thanks to old photos and historical records, it is known that architecturally the temple belonged to retrospective Russian style.

atheistic Bolshevik the authorities actually destroyed the church in the first half of the 20th century. Beautiful domes (there were 7 of them), as well as the bell tower, were demolished. By the way, it is precisely because of these destructions that the facade of the church looks so atypical for Orthodox architecture. The interior decoration was also destroyed and plundered, even the iconostasis was broken. By 1930 Temple in Begoml looked neglected and had already become completely closed to parishioners.

After the end of World War II, alcohol production was established within the walls of the All Saints Church. The building itself, over time, continued to fall into disrepair.

In the early 90s, like many other temples of Belarus, the Begoml church was returned to parishioners. To the best of our ability and ability, minor repairs were made, even services were resumed in an entire part of the building.

However, in 2006, services were banned for security reasons, as nikah, the temple remained in emergency condition. Around that time, the idea arose to build another building nearby. After long fundraising and construction, which lasted for 8 years, in 2017 a new church was solemnly consecrated - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

What about the old temple? His condition is also deplorable. The roof has collapsed, the back wall is missing, there is a breach on the side, and the fence has also suffered a lot. The reconstruction of the church in today's realities looks unlikely.

In the central part of Begoml there are a couple more interesting buildings that are indirectly related to the temple, or rather its history. As you remember, the building was used for the needs of the distillery, the other buildings of which are located on Sovetskaya street. So the oldest of these buildings, alcohol storage, dated 1874 year.

To get to the ruins, you will need to drive through the entire urban village and turn onto Oktyabrskaya street, the church will be on the right. For convenience, below is the point on the map:

In Begoml, pay attention to interesting things along the way the building of the former building of the plant "Vetraz". Among other attractions, I would like to highlight abandoned church in Zembin, the wall of this temple has recently collapsed and calls into question its continued existence.

A small overview video of the ruins, which I shot in 2014: