Basilica of the Assumption (Budslau)
The Basilica of the Assumption of Mary ( Belarusian Касцёл Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Дзевы Марыі ) is a former monastery church , today a Roman Catholic parish church with the status of a national shrine and the title of a minor basilica . It is located in the village of Budslau, located in the Myadsel district in the north of Minskaya Woblasz , Belarus . The church is a monument of late baroque architecture . It houses an important icon of Mary - one of the most venerated Catholic images. In 1996 Pope John Paul II declared this icon the patron saint of Belarus. In 2018 the celebration in honor of the Budsla Ik icon of Our Lady (Budsla Fest Festival) was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.
history
For the first time a church at the site in 1504 was mentioned in documents as the Grand Duke Alexander Bernard brothers from Vilnius granted 6,000 acres of forest in the Minsk district. Two to four monks lived in the buildings, which also included a chapel.
In 1591 a wooden Visitation Church was built to house the miraculous icon of Our Lady, the last one brought from Rome by Jan Pats in 1598 as a gift from Pope Clement VIII and given to the church in 1613. The canvas painting has a size of 72 × 65 cm. In 1643 a new brick church was built, and in 1750 a housing estate was built.
The construction of today's church began on June 29, 1767; some of the walls of the 17th century chapel were used in its construction. In 1783 the church was consecrated to Our Lady. Various rooms were added to the church in the second half of the 18th century. A music school taught in the monastery from 1756 and a two-year school from 1793 to 1842, as well as a hospital. From 1731 to 1797 moral theology and rhetoric were taught at the theological school, the number of monks fluctuated between 4 and 17.
In 1852 the church was closed and some monks of the monastery took part in the January uprising of 1863/64.
The rectory from the 19th century near the church has been preserved.
In 1993 Pope John Paul II granted the church the rank of minor basilica .
architecture
The baroque church is a three-aisled basilica with two steeples. This two-tower facade is heavily decorated with pilasters and columns. The chancel after the transept has no apse . The naves are covered with barrel vaults that merge into a dome over the crossing .
In the chapel of St. Barbara there is the carved wooden altar of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (around 1643) - one of the most outstanding early Baroque monuments in Belarus. The back of the altar forms a Corinthian colonnade that serves as a backdrop for 20 sculptures. The church's excellent frescoes have been preserved without any changes to this day.
literature
- Дзяржаўны спіс гісторыка-культурных каштоўнасцей Рэспублікі Беларусь: [Даведнік] / Склад. В. Я Абламскі, І М. Чарняўскі, Ю А. Барысюк - Мн .: БЕЛТА, 2009. - p. 684 - ISBN 978-985-6828-35-8 .
- Ярашэвіч А. А. Будслаўская базіліка Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі. - Minsk, 2005.
- Габрусь Т. В. Мураваныя харалы: Сакральная архітэктура беларускага барока / Т. В. Габрусь. Мн.: Ураджай, 2001-287 с.: Іл. ISBN 985-04-0499-X , pp. 238-240.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New inclusions in the worldwide UNESCO lists 2018 on unesco.de
- ↑ Нацыянальны санктуарый Маці Божай у Будславе on gcatholic.org
Coordinates: 54 ° 47 ′ 13 ″ N , 27 ° 27 ′ 5 ″ E