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Cemetery in Komai

Komaje | Belarus
biał. Kamai (Камаі)
ID: dok-000759-P

Cemetery in Komai

Komaje | Belarus
biał. Kamai (Камаі)
The 1st Church Cemetery, is located next to St John the Baptist Church of 1606. It is located in the church square, which has a pentagonal plan. It contains four surviving gravestones, located on the west and north sides. The burials date from the 19th and 20th centuries and belong to Rev. Zygmunt Chołchłowski (1857), Rev. Jan Dauszko (1899), Rev. Aleksander Dzieszulski (1922) and Aleksander Łoszakiewicz (1940). The first gravestone has the form of a granite cuboid ending in a concavity at the top. The other gravestones have the form of vertical slabs topped with crosses. The inscriptions on all the graves have survived: / HERE LIES/ THE REV. JAN/ DAUKSZO / PARISH PRIEST KOMAJSKI/UR. 1824 / D. 1899/./ D. O. M. / KS. ALEKSANDER LOSZAKIEWICZ/ PARISH PRIEST OF KOMAJSKI/ DIED. 17. VI. 1940 R././ KS. ZYGMUNT CHOECHLOWSKI / FULFILLED HIS DUTIES AS PARSON IN KOMAJY / FOR 23 YEARS / DIED. 1857 JULY 30 / AN UPRIGHT CITIZEN AND ZEALOUS PRIEST / OF THE POOR AND FAMILIES A TRUE FATHER / PEACE TO HIS SOUL/./ REV. ALEKSANDER DZIESZULSKI / DIED. 25 FEBRUARY. 1922 R. AT THE AGE OF 53 / CHAP. 34/.
2 The active Catholic cemetery established in the 1st half of the 20th century. (?) is located on the northern edge of the village. The cemetery is rectangular in plan, situated on a slight hill. It occupies an area of 0.7 ha and is fenced with a metal bar fence. The entrance gate from 1964 is located on the western side. A path that forks into two irregular paths runs through the cemetery. It is adjacent to the new cemetery on the west side. The oldest gravestones are located in the central part of the establishment. Gravestones from the 1st half of the 20th century predominate. The oldest preserved tombstones are those of Genowefa Gabrysiowa from 1935 and Oton Kozakiewicz from 1936. Next to them there is a pillar chapel from 1976. Inscriptions on the tombstones have been preserved: / S. P. GENOWEFA GABRYSIOWA/ Z JAKSZTOWICZOW / BORN. 17 III 1903 R. / DIED. 28 I 1935 R. / ETERNAL PEACE/ TO YOUR SOUL WITH CARE / HUSBAND AND SON/. / OTON KOZAKIEWICZ / Z.M. 3 AUGUST 1936. / AGED 64 / CARED FOR / WIFE AND SON/.
Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).
Bibliography:
  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.
Author:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Salomea Grabowska
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