Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Smorgon
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Church of St. Michael the Archangel in the city of Smorgon was built in the years 1606-16012. It was built as a Calvinist church on the site of a wooden church built in 1505.

Calvinist temple was built at the expense of Krystof Zenovich, who buried themselves after death in the temple he built in the tradition of Calvinism - modestly and without pomp. His father's work was continued by his son Nicholas Bohuslav. However, soon after his father's death, he converted to Catholicism and died in battle with the Turks near Khotyn. The temple, built by his father, gave a Catholic in 1621, Anna Sophia - the sister of Nicholas. The church was consecrated in the name of the Holy Trinity.

During the Russian-Polish war of the temple was destroyed by the troops of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, but was quickly restored by donations from wealthy Catholic community. In 1858, the church was restored and richly decorated inside and out. Murals on the walls of the church wrote the famous artist Ilapovich.

In 1866 the church was closed by order of the government of tsarist Russia, and then returned to the Orthodox Church. Orthodox temple rebuilt in the Byzantine style, setting it on the gilded dome. The magnificent frescoes were whitewashed.

Temple received considerable damage during the First World War. In the years 1921-1926, in the territory of Poland, it was restored as a Catholic church. In 1947 the church was closed and gave space for the shop. In the early 1970s, the Ministry of Culture of the BSSR the building was recognized as an architectural monument and restored. It placed the exhibition hall.

In 1990, the church was returned to Catholics. In 1995, the Catholic community Smorgon was also formerly owned by Catholics sent a three-story building, which in Soviet times was used as a house of culture. The building was rebuilt under the direction of architect Bazevicha. It opened the Catholic Center of St. John Bosco.

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