The Transfiguration Church in Motol
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Type: Churches
Style: Retrospective -russian
Date of Foundation: 1877 year
Status: Regional value
Republic of Belarus, Brest region, Ivanovo district, Motol village
Motol Transfiguration Church is an architectural landmark retrospective of the Russian style, it was built in 1877 of brick. The temple consists of a three-tiered bell tower, a refectory, five-sided apse, and the main building.
At the site of today”s stone church was a wooden Uniate Church of the XVIII century. But in a fire in 1864 which destroyed half of the Motol, the church burned. After that, the locals decided to allocate funds for the restoration of the church.
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