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Cemetery in Braslav

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Cemetery in Braslav


1 The church cemetery is located next to St Mary's Church of 1824, in the church yard. The foundation is enclosed by a geometric iron fence. In the foundation there is a square with three granite graves of priests (Franciszek Birutowicz, Mieczysław Akrecja and Czesław Wilczyński), with engraved inscriptions:
. / PRIEST FRANCISEK / BIRUTOWICZ / BIRUTOWICZ / BIRUTOWICZ / BORN. 1839 R. 2M. 1920 / (HE REPAIRED THE CHURCH IN 1897)/ BY THE BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS NICE / MAY HIS SOUL GO TO PARADISE / ENLIGHTENED/
HERE LIES PRIEST/ CZESEAW WILCZYNSKI/ BORN. 1928 01.06. D. 1986. 08. 24 / PARISH PRIEST IN BRASEAW / 1967-1986/
HERE LIES/ PRIEST DEAN / MIECZYSŁAW AKREJC / BORN. 1887 R. 17 NOVEMBER / DIED. 1942 R. 23 JUNE / GOOD JESUS AND OUR LORD / GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST/
On the other side of the town (north-western side), in the midst of the buildings, there is a Catholic and Orthodox cemetery, which was established in the second half of the 19th century. The cemetery on the plan of an irregular polygon occupies 1.5 ha and is fenced with a metal and wooden fence, with the entrance on the western side. In the 1940s the cemetery was enlarged on its western and southern sides and today it is dominated by gravestones from the first half of the 20th century. The oldest preserved burial is that of Rev. Peter Dovgallovich, who died in 1874:
/ PRIEST PIOTR/ DOWGIAŁŁOWICZ/ DEAN AND PARISH PRIEST/ BRASŁAWSKI/ UM 24 OCT. 1874/ AT THE AGE OF 80/ FULL OF PRIESTLY VIRTUES AND MERITS/.
The active Jewish cemetery is located in the northern part of the town, among the urban development, at the exit street of the town. The cemetery, on the plan of an irregular pentagon, covers 0.25 ha and is fenced with a mesh fence. The original cemetery was established in the 18th century, but to this day, the original has not survived. The mass graves are located in the west-north zone of the foundation.
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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