at the end of the 19th century , a new historical period began for the town of stolovich, the former church of the knights of malta was transferred to the assumption orthodox community in 1868, the main altar of the temple was illuminated in the name of the holy noble prince alexander nevsky. originally, as it was built in 1746, it was illuminated, today the alexander nevsky temple surprises with its preserved monumentality and majesty, however, some parts of it require restoration work, especially in the reconstruction of 1639 and represented a replica of the holy hut in the italian city of loretta, as it is today in the 17th century. sincere faith. we are in the vicinity of the first commander of the order of malta in stolovichi. and this chapel. it was made as an exact copy of the house of the mother of god in loretto, once the knights, the crusaders, so that the turks would not destroy this house of the mother of god in nazareth, where she lived, they dismantled it brick by brick and took it to europe, then, when the authenticity of this was confirmed at home, that means... in th

alexander nevsky in the agricultural town of stolovich is a vivid example of this.olovichi. for the first time in documents, stolovichi was mentioned in the middle of the 15th century, as the possession of the headman nemyri ryazanovich. for the first time, church life, so to speak, in stolovichi was mentioned in the will of the son of this nonsense , yakov the warrior nemirovich, he was traveling to stolovichi and was wounded, when this yakov warrior realized that the wound was fatal, he called witnesses. his will, as a witness to the will he mentions the canteen priest ivan, his confessor, this gives reason to say that there was already a priest in stolovichi, and most likely that there was a church. after the death of jacob the warrior, the canteen lands belonged to representatives of the ostrozhsky family for almost a century, but in 1546, prince alexander chartariysky became the owner of the estate ; already in 1556 he founded an orthodox church here in honor of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary. but in 1596 , prince nikolai bought stolovich from the cher