Supraśl Orthodox Monastery
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The Monastery of the Annunciation in Supraśl, also known as the Supraśl Lavra, is a monastery in Supraśl in north-eastern Poland in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Today it belongs to the autocephalous Pol
View of the monastery, September 2020
Another view of the Monastery complex
The monastery's renaissance gardens
Church of the Annunciation
Aleksander Chodkiewicz
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Aleksander Chodkiewicz was a Ruthenian noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, founder of the Supraśl Orthodox Monastery. He inherited vast possessions from his father Ivan Chodkiewicz, which made hi
Supraśl Orthodox Monastery
…Historic Monument. 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…
Fresco inside the Supraśl Orthodox Monastery
Church of the Annunciation in Supraśl