The Catholic Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian is a monument of classicism architecture. It was built in 1785–1787 by the architect Aŭhust Kasakoŭski. In 2016, the church was granted the status of historical and cultural value of Belarus of regional importance. This church is known for icons of the 18th–19th centuries.

The brick church of Saints Cosmas and Damian was built at the end of the 18th century on the site of the ancient church and monastery of the Dominicans, erected by the Korsaks magnates in 1616–1618. Initially, this temple absorbed the late baroque forms characteristic of those times, but at the beginning of the 19th century, it was significantly rebuilt and acquired features of classicism. In 1866, the Russian authorities handed over the church to the Orthodox Church, a dome with an “onion” was erected over it in an architectural plan. In the 1920s, the church building was returned to the Catholics. After the accession of Western Belarus to the BSSR, the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian was one of the few Belarusian Catholic churches that held services during the years of Soviet atheism.

The Catholic Church of Cosmas and Damian in Astraviec is an excellent example of late baroque architecture with features of classicism. The monumental building is painted in white and pink tones and is a rectangular structure under a gable roof.

The interior of the temple contains a considerable number of valuable icons of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but the interior of the shrine itself looks rather modest.

Publication date: 28.04.2022.

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