Church of St. John the Baptist, Dubrovytsia

Church of St. John the Baptist in Dubrovytsia is the oldest architectural landmark.

church History

The first room wooden church built in 1684 for the Catholic Order of PR. The construction of the church statesman Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jan Dolsky allocated 33,000 zlotys.

In 1709 John the Baptist church burned Swedes returning home after the Battle of Poltava. Later the church was rebuilt. Murowana church in late Baroque style built with the support of the Rector of the Polish University of Kazimierz Pnyevskoho arts.

After the liberation of the Polish uprising of 1830-1831 years began pressure from the Russian imperial power. A year later, in 1832, the royal government has banned the Order of the PR, and the church of John the Baptist went to Roman Catholics.

With several icons written by a member of the Order of PR Lukash Hubli to this day reached only the image of John the Baptist, which can be seen on the main altar.

In the Soviet period were destroyed unique stained glass church, temple utensils stolen and taken body. During World War II hiding in the basement of the church locals. The fact that the church has survived sights in airstrike - a miracle.

Some time in the premises of the temple was a warehouse - a usual practice for the communist authorities on religious buildings. But most of the time just empty building.

In 1992 the church returned to Roman Catholics. Church service in the church spend every Sunday.

How to get to Temple Baptist

Dubrovytsia located near the Ukrainian-Polish border. Distance to Rivne is about 125 kilometers. This can easily be reached by bus from the bus station "The Seagull" . Also Dubrovytsia makes a stop passenger train number 371/372 Lviv - Mogilev. Also at the station stop diesel trains, traveling to Udrytska or Belarusian city of Gorin.

Church of St. John the Baptist is located in central outdoors Vorobynskiy 1.