Slovatichi Church of St. George

Slovatichi Church of St. George is located in the north-eastern edge of village Slovatichi, Zelva district, Grodno region, Belarus. It was built in the late 18th - early 19th century and was made of bricks.

Skip to main square in plan was covered with a gable roof, adjacent semi-circular apse and sacristy. The walls of the bulk of the division of flat blades, cut semicircular window openings. The main facade is finished by wooden triangular pediment. Above the roof rises four-up turret with a low canopy. Interior is parlour, flat ceiling.

The church was working during World War II. In 1961 the church was closed. The next 30 years, the temple served as a granary and mill. In 1993, the church was restored. Since 2005 began the repair of the temple. There were installed the new iconostasis. In subsequent years, it was made repairs domes ennobled contiguous territory, renewed the church fence. In 2010 were framed documents: Act on the ground and the technical passport; and whitewashing the facade made in 2012 repaired - the ceiling is filed siding.

The church is a monument of folk architecture.

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