Village with an unusual name Great Lipa located 119 kilometers from Minsk. Here you can see partially preserved legacy of the Obukhovich family, as well as the Church of the Intercession of the 18th century. In this article, we will tell you more about Church in Velyka Lipa.

Church in the village of Velyka Lipa

The temple was founded as a Uniate in 1773. However, already in 1793 the church became Orthodox.

Church Velyka Lipa

The church in Velyka Lipa belongs to the baroque architecture with certain deviations. The facade was modified and supplemented with an extension (presumably already at the end of the 20th century).

Church Velyka Lipa

To the left of the entrance is a two-tiered bell tower, and closer to the fence is a chapel-tomb. Probably associated with the Obukhoviches or the Radziwills.

Chapel in the village of Velikaya Lipa

Inscription "Memoria e Justorum” means “Memory of the righteous".

Church of the Intercession in the village of Velikaya Lipa

Church of the Intercession Velyka Lipa

If you go to see the church in the village of Velikaya Lipa, then it makes sense to go to homestead in Snova и ruins in Zaushye.

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