at the beginning of the 16th century, the owner of the town was the minsk steward teodor vankovich fromc family. it was he who gave the local residents their main thing treasure, the white church of st. michael the archangel, bestowed on the monks. land and money for the construction of the church. and today the franciscan order continues its ministry in avinets. franciscans, catholic, mendicant monastic. the order was founded by saint francis of assisi in 1208 with the aim of preaching apostolic poverty, asceticism, and love of neighbor to the people. in 125, the papacy granted the franciscans the right to teach at universities; they created their own system of theological education, which gave birth to a whole galaxy of thinkers of the middle ages and the renaissance. during the modern period, the franciscans were actively engaged in missionary and research activities throughout the world. in the 19th century , the order had 1,700 monasteries with about 25,000 monks. in many european ones. at the beginning of the 19th century, the order, among others, was liquidated, and by the end of