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20-649: The Supraśl Orthodox Monastery was founded in 1498 by the voivode of Nowogródek and the Marshall of the Great Duchy of Lithuania Aleksander Chodkiewicz and the Archbishop (Archepiscope) of Smolensk and Archimandrite of Slutsk Joseph Soltan . Jeremias II Tranos , the Patriarch of Constantinople issued a special tomos sanctioning its foundation. 1501 saw the building of the first wooden church of St. John

40-732: A result of its large library and lively contacts with other important Orthodox sites such as the Kiev Lavra and Mount Athos . In 1609, the Monastery was one of the first entities to accept the Union of Brest in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the Basilian Order took over its administration. The Basilians oversaw the rebuilding of the Monastery complex and expansion of its publishing activity. At

60-650: Is a town and former episcopal see in north-eastern Poland . Supraśl is in Podlaskie Voivodeship (province) since 1999, previously in Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998) (1975–1998), and is in Białystok County , about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) northeast of Białystok . It is the seat of the Gmina of Supraśl . Its population is 4,526 (2004). The settlement was founded in the 16th century. After

80-782: The Branicki Palace in Białystok . The premises of the Supraśl Lavra are the home of the Supraśl Academy, modeled on similar institutions run by the Orthodox Church in Greece today. Nowogr%C3%B3dek Voivodeship (1507%E2%80%931795) Nowogródek Voivodeship ( Polish : województwo nowogródzkie ; Latin : Palatinatus Novogrodensis ; Lithuanian : Naugarduko vaivadija ; Belarusian : Наваградзкае ваяводзтва )

100-729: The Lithuanian Tribunal . Its capital was the town of Nyazvizh with the Radziwiłł family 's castle and treasury. Novogrudok Voivodeship ceased to exist along with the Polish-Lithuanian state when it was partitioned out of existence. Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of the Nowogródek Voivodeship: “Slavic lands along

120-768: The Third Partition of Poland in 1795, it was annexed by Prussia . In 1807 it passed to the Russian Partition of Poland. In 1823, a 10th-century manuscript, the oldest Slavic literary work in Poland, named the Codex Suprasliensis , was discovered in the Supraśl Monastery by Michał Bobrowski. After 1831, the textile industry developed. In 1834 manufacturer Wilhelm Fryderyk Zachert came from Zgierz to Supraśl and significantly contributed to

140-647: The Evangelist. In this period, Anthony of Supraśl lived in the monastery before his martyrdom. In 1516, the Church of the Annunciation was consecrated, later the monastery was further expanded with the addition of another church dedicated to the Resurrection of Our Lord, which housed the monastery catacombs . With the passing of the years, the Supraśl Lavra became an important site of Orthodox culture as

160-903: The Lithuanian Tribunal. It had only two senators, who were the Voivode and the Castellan of Nowogródek (...) Northern part of the voivodeship, mainly the County of Nowogródek and the Duchy of Sluck were among most fertile lands in Lithuania, with hilly landscape and several beautiful towns, such as Tuhanowicze, Switez and Woroncza". 53°36′06″N 25°49′38″E  /  53.601723°N 25.827310°E  / 53.601723; 25.827310 Supra%C5%9Bl Supraśl ( [ˈsupraɕl] ; Belarusian : Су́прасль ; Lithuanian : Supraslė )

180-623: The St. Panteleimon church was built, in 1889, St. John the Theologian, and finally in 1901, St. George the Victor. In 1910, there was a restoration of the 16th century frescoes , which had been covered up by the Basilians. In the aftermath of the havoc of World War I , the monks fled from the monastery for the interior of Russia , taking with them the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Supraśl . In

200-465: The development of the village into a town. Until the mid-19th century, it was the largest center of the textile industry in the region, before it was surpassed by nearby Białystok . In the 19th century, mostly Catholics lived there, but also Protestants, Orthodox and Jews. During World War I from 1915 to 1919 it was occupied by the Germans. After 1919, in independent Poland. During World War II it

220-522: The end of the 17th century, a printing house was established and, over a period of slightly more than one hundred years, published 350 titles in Ruthenian, Polish, and Latin. During that same period, several filial monasteries were also established, the most noteworthy being the filial monastery in Warsaw , which has remained in operation to this day. In 1796, Prussian authorities confiscated the holdings of

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240-613: The monastery after the Third Partition of Poland . Nevertheless, it continued to play an important role in the religious life of the region as the seat of a newly created eparchy for those devout Ruthenians under Prussian rule, starting in 1797 and lasting until it fell under Russian rule after the Treaties of Tilsit in 1807. In 1824, the Russians gave the monastery complex to the Russian Orthodox Church . In 1875,

260-861: The oldest Slavic literary work in Poland and one of the oldest of its kind in the world, is named after the Supraśl Lavra . Since September 2007 it has been on UNESCO 's Memory of the World list. The Museum of Icons is located in the Chodkiewicz Palace within the monastery complex. Other historic landmarks include the Buchholtz Palace, which now houses the Art High School, the Catholic churches of Our Lady Queen of Poland and of

280-560: The original frescoes are currently exhibited in the Archimandrites' Palace. The church is being rebuilt according to the design of architect M. Kuźmienko. Monastery buildings Baroque , built in the 17th and 18th centuries. Archimandrites' Palace (built between 1635–1655). Today the palace houses the Supraśl Icon Museum. The Church of St. John the Theologian (1888) The Gate-Belltower built in 1752, modeled on

300-671: The period between the two world wars, the monastery was used by the Latin Rite Salesian Order . In 1944, the retreating German army destroyed the Church of the Annunciation, along with all of its precious frescoes. The Communist government turned the monastery into an agricultural academy. After the collapse of the Communist government, the monastery was turned over to the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church , which immediately began

320-457: The still ongoing conservation work and renovation of the monastery. The Codex of Supraśl , the oldest Slavic literary work in Poland and one of the oldest of its kind in the world, is named after this monastery. In the courtyard of the monastery complex is the Church of the Annunciation (1503–1511, destroyed 1944, in the process of being rebuilt since 1985. Surviving original fragments of

340-636: The upper Neman , after collapse of the Kievan Rus’ were in 1241 ransacked by the forces of the Mongol Empire , under Batu Khan . After the Mongol raid, it turned into a desert, and was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . In c. 1500, local Lithuanian dukes were named voivodes, thus Nowogródek Voivodeship was created. Like the neighbouring Brest Litovsk Voivodeship , Nowogródek Voivodeship

360-660: Was occupied by the Soviets from 1939 to 1941 and by the Germans from 1941 to 1944. The Soviets destroyed part of the monastery's interior, and the Germans destroyed most of the industrial plants. In 2001 Supraśl was recognized as a spa town . It has had only three incumbents : Supraśl is also a titular bishopric of the Polish Orthodox Church . It is the home of the Supraśl Lavra , founded by Aleksander Chodkiewicz , one of six Eastern Orthodox monasteries for men in Poland . The Codex of Supraśl ,

380-553: Was a voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1507 to 1795, with the capital in the town of Nowogródek (now Novogrudok , Belarus ). Since 1569 it was located in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , as part of Lithuania. The Voivodeship was composed of three counties , Novogrudok , Vawkavysk , Slonim , as well as the Duchy of Slutsk . It had two senators, two deputies for the Sejm , and two deputies for

400-509: Was rather narrow but very long, stretching from the upper Narew and Białowieża Forest , to the spot where the Ptsich flows into the Pripyat (...) Nowogródek Voivodeship was divided into three counties: those of Nowogródek, Wolkowysk, and Slonim. Furthermore, it included the Duchy of Sluck and Kapyl . Each county had its own sejmik , with each electing two deputies to the Sejm , and two to

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