The text describes Komaje, a settlement in Vilnius Governorate and Swieciany County. In particular, the church founded by Jan Rudomina is highlighted. Komaje belonged to Krzysztof Salistrowski from 1716. This is followed by a physical description of the church consecrated by Adam Stanisław Krasiński, bishop of the diocese of Vilnius (Source: "Tygodnik Illustrowany", Warsaw 1878, Series 3, T:6, p. 212, after: Digital Library of the University of Łódź).

A modernised reading of the text

Komaje,
in Vilnius Governorate, Swieciany district.

The Komai church, of which we present a photographed view, was founded in 1606 by Jan Kudomina, a Braclaw voivode. The history of this church is not very well known, as the documents relating to its history were either burnt down or lost in the storms of war. Tradition says that Jan Rudomina built it on the foundations of an Arian church. It is certain that the estate of Komažeys was acquired from Prince Alexander Bronsky and that the church was built there by this very Jan Rudomina. After the Rudomina family, Komai passed in 1716 into the hands of Krzysztof Sulistrovský, bannerman of Oszmyany, marshal of the confederation of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, after whom, in the fifth generation, it became the property of Cechowicz family with a dowry of Celina, the eldest daughter of Edmund Sulistrovský.

The chapel was built by Ludwika Wojnina, née Sulistrowska, to the right of the entrance, which gave the church an unusual shape; it seems to be two churches joined together. Inside, the church is poor and contains nothing worthy of special attention. Underneath the chapel is a large shop where there used to be an altar at which services for the souls of those buried there were held. The Komai church was consecrated by Adam Stanislaw Krasinski, bishop of the Vilnius diocese, in 1861; its parishioners number 7,000. It stands amidst a large square of the so-called town, which consists of dozens of poor cottages, in a lofty place, quite empty and insufficiently decorated with trees.

Not far from the rectory you can see the manor house with its buildings, where the Rudomin family used to live. In addition to the rectory with its garden, there is a hospital in Komai, right next to the church, which accommodates several infirm old people. The hospital used to be under the care of the parish priest, and is now run by the community. The Jewish synagogue is maintained by the local Jewish population, which invariably nests in every such town. There are as many as seven fairs a year, and their bustling population consists mainly of local people who speak Ruthenian or pure Lithuanian. The Old Believers, in quite a number of settlements, speak Russian. Finally, solicitous Jews move among the crowd, shouting in their own language; the more intelligent part of the population mostly speaks Polish.

Very few people come here from the more distant parts of the empire. Next to the manor house there is a school for the town's youth, where about forty boys study during the winter. Let's hope that they will derive from it the will and the ability to do things for the glory of God and the benefit of mankind!